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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.261,Lat: 40.5612
Elevation	1392 meter above sea level
Local time	10:15:01am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Avila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tórtoles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bonilla de la Sierra	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Becedillas	6.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Casas del Puerto	6.5 km	SouthEast
4 Villanueva del Campillo	7 km	East
5 Mesegar de Corneja	7.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	136 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	387 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	487 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 285 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Santa Teresa (25.6 km² at a height of around 885 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 128.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 180 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 83%, high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 145 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.4 km2

17%

Nature

56.9 km2

72.5%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tórtoles in country Spain

Tórtoles at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	49 km	East
2 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	57 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	96 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dehesa de los Ríos Gamo y Margañán	ES	5.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tórtoles

Type of weather in Tórtoles	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam