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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.6224,Lat: 43.1549
Elevation	464 meter above sea level
Local time	16:40:43pm
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Potes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ojedo	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Frama	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Turieno	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Tama	3 km	NorthEast
5 Cabezón de Liébana	4.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	314 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	509 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	616 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 la Cohilla (0.5 km² at a height of around 780 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Cortés with a height of 2370 meter (at a distance of 10.4 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 206.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 289 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 51%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 310 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 71 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.5 km2

56.7%

Nature

14.7 km2

18.7%

Agriculture

18.4 km2

23.5%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Potes in country Spain

Potes 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	48 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	102 km	WestNorthWest
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	118 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Deva	ES	0 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Potes

Type of weather in Potes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam