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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.4312,Lat: 42.8761
Elevation	1015 meter above sea level
Local time	0:02:14am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palacios del Sil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Susañe del Sil	6.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Páramo del Sil	7.9 km	SouthWest
3 Caboalles de Arriba	8.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Zarréu	9.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Caboalles de Abajo	9.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	358 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	510 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	654 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 75 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Matalavilla (1.8 km² at a height of around 960 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Miro (El) with a height of 1990 meter (at a distance of 8.8 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 101.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 62%, high mountains: 38%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 162 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 72 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.6 km2

58.1%

Nature

26.2 km2

33.4%

Agriculture

5.1 km2

6.5%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palacios del Sil in country Spain

Palacios del Sil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	51 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Las Médulas	Spain	53 km	SouthWest
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	72 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alto Sil	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palacios del Sil

Type of weather in Palacios del Sil	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam