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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7501,Lat: 41.67
Elevation	26 meter above sea level
Local time	22:23:27pm
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Barcelona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palafolls

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mas Carbó	1.9 km	NorthWest
2 Can Valdejuli	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Can Jesús	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Urbanitzacio Blanes Mar	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Malgrat de Mar	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	138 km	NorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	445 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	558 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Susqueda (Pantà de Susqueda) (6.3 km² at a height of around 329 meter above sea level) at a distance of 38.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 74.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 81%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 26 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.9 km2

23.8%

Nature

2.2 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

27 km2

43.2%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

1.1%

Urban area

14.6 km2

23.4%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palafolls in country Spain

Palafolls at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	57 km	WestSouthWest
2 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	57 km	WestSouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	133 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riu i Estanys de Tordera	ES	0.8 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palafolls

Type of weather in Palafolls	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam