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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8226,Lat: 43.4626
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	15:14:59pm
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santander

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monte	1 km	North
2 Cueto	2.5 km	NorthEast
3 San Román	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Peñacastillo	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cacicedo	4.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	337 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	450 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	651 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Santander lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction South).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 42.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 165.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 232 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 290 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 4 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

1.7 km2

Agriculture

16.1 km2

29.7%

Urban area

20.7 km2

38.1%

Infrastructure

6.1 km2

11.2%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

Water - Lakes

7.7 km2

14.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santander in country Spain

Santander 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	25 km	West
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	67 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	123 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas del Puntal y Estuario del Miera	ES	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santander

Type of weather in Santander	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam