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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8888,Lat: 43.4603
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	10:54:18am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Cruz de Bezana

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soto de la Marina	0.8 km	North
2 Prezanes	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 San Román	2.3 km	East
4 Santa Cruz de Bezana	2.4 km	SouthWest
5 Liencres	2.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	337 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	455 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	652 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sancibrián lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction North).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 Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 41.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 171 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 239 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 295 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 6.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

Nature

1.7 km2

3.1%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

34.8 km2

62.2%

Urban area

15.8 km2

28.2%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sancibrián in country Spain

Sancibrián 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	20 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	72 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	124 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Liencres y Estuario del Pas	ES	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sancibrián

Type of weather in Sancibrián	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam