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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9586,Lat: 43.4081
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	8:27:32am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Piélagos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arce	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gornazo	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Barcenilla	2.2 km	South
4 Boo	2.5 km	NorthEast
5 Mogro	2.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	332 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	460 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	659 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 34.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 176.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 247 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 89%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 303 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.6 km2

22.7%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.4%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

55.1%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.5%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oruña in country Spain

Oruña at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	13 km	West
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	77 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	120 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oruña

Type of weather in Oruña	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam