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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7189,Lat: 41.6604
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	2:45:36am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Barcelona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palafolls

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Can Valdejuli	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 La Muntanya Disseminat	1.1 km	SouthWest
3 Ciutat Jardi	1.2 km	West
4 Can Jesús	2.1 km	North
5 Mas Carbó	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	137 km	NorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	448 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	555 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 75.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 77%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 67 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.7 km2

33.8%

Nature

3 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

26.3 km2

39.1%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.6%

Urban area

11.6 km2

17.2%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of San Gines de Palafolls in country Spain

San Gines de 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	54 km	WestSouthWest
2 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	55 km	WestSouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	132 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serres del Litoral Septentrional	ES	1 km	SouthSouthEast

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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:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam