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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9799,Lat: 43.3813
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	19:19:59pm
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sopelana

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ugeraga	1 km	West
2 Landa	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Berango	2.3 km	SouthWest
4 Elortza	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Baserri-Santa Ana	2.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	332 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	382 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	650 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sopelana lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Basque County internal basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Urrunaga (Urrunagako Urtegia) (8.1 km² at a height of around 547 meter above sea level) at a distance of 46.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 97 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 94%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 241 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 11 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

12%

Nature

15.2 km2

27.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

23.7 km2

42.9%

Urban area

7.6 km2

13.8%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sopelana in country Spain

Sopelana at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	7.1 km	SouthWest
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	92 km	West
3 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	118 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de la Ría de Mundaka-Cabo de Ogoño	ES	2 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sopela

Type of weather in Sopela	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam