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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.7385,Lat: 40.3895
Elevation	1031 meter above sea level
Local time	12:49:03pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Salamanca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valdesangil	2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Navacarros	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Béjar	2.3 km	West
4 Candelario	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Vallejera de Riofrío	2.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	175 km	East
2 Lisboa	Portugal	343 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	471 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 247 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Medium - Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Fuente Santa (0.8 km² at a height of around 606 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 88.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 83%, high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 185 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 65 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.5 km2

40.1%

Nature

31.9 km2

40.6%

Agriculture

6.5 km2

8.3%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

6.7 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palomares in country Spain

Palomares at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	64 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	86 km	NorthWest
3 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	93 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Candelario	ES	0.6 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Béjar

Type of weather in Béjar	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam