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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4095,Lat: 43.329
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	10:24:03am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Elviña	0.8 km	NorthEast
2 Peñarredonda	0.8 km	SouthEast
3 Someso	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 A Cabana	1.1 km	North
5 Palavea	1.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	512 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	514 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	809 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cecebre (3.7 km² at a height of around 35 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 132 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 185 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 87%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

23.5%

Nature

8.1 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

18.2 km2

25.5%

Urban area

23.5 km2

32.9%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Castro de Elviña in country Spain

O Castro de Elviña at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	6.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	51 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	79 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa de Dexo	ES	7.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viñas

Type of weather in Viñas	light intensity drizzle
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam