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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3121,Lat: 42.5828
Elevation	826 meter above sea level
Local time	12:43:40pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torre del Bierzo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torre del Bierzo	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Santa Marina de Torre	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 La Granja de San Vicente	3.3 km	NorthEast
4 La Ribera de Folgoso	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Albares de la Ribera	5.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	328 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	486 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	644 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 108 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Bárcena (9 km² at a height of around 624 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Guiana with a height of 1850 meter (at a distance of 18.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 71.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 100 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 81%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northern 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 176 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 54 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.3 km2

53.9%

Nature

26 km2

33.1%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

2.5%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Cruz de Montes in country Spain

Santa Cruz de Montes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	40 km	West
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	84 km	North
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	94 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Omaña	ES	21 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torre del Bierzo

Type of weather in Torre del Bierzo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam