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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.0359,Lat: 42.2551
Elevation	794 meter above sea level
Local time	1:39:04am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quintana y Congosto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Posada y Torre de la Valduerna	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Villalís de la Valduerna	6.4 km	North
3 Villamontán de la Valduerna	6.8 km	NorthEast
4 San Félix de la Valdería	6.9 km	South
5 Felechares de la Valdería	6.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	285 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	467 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	624 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 145 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Nuestra Señora de Argavanzal (3.4 km² at a height of around 787 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 54.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 76 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 4%, moderate high mountains: 96%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 209 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Nature

18.2 km2

23.1%

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.6%

Viticulture

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quintana y Congosto in country Spain

Quintana y Congosto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	65 km	NorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	124 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	124 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valdería-Jamuz	ES	2.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Quintana y Congosto

Type of weather in Quintana y Congosto	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam