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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8998,Lat: 43.243
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	6:57:25am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponteceso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Trabe	0.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ponteceso de Cabana	0.9 km	SouthWest
3 A Vereda	1 km	East
4 Lestimoño	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 O Couto	1.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	502 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	539 km	SouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	840 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Fervenza (Encoro da Fervenza) (13.2 km² at a height of around 285 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 133.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 187 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 88%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 43 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.8 km2

46.4%

Nature

15.8 km2

21.1%

Wet nature

3.3 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

18.5 km2

24.7%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponteceso in country Spain

Ponteceso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	43 km	East
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	50 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	113 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa da Morte (Norte)	ES	0.1 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ponteceso
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laxe

Type of weather in Laxe	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam