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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.8759,Lat: 42.534
Elevation	844 meter above sea level
Local time	8:49:36am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Turcia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Palazuelo de Órbigo	1.2 km	SouthWest
2 Gavilanes de Órbigo	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Armellada	2.3 km	NorthEast
4 Sardonedo	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Santa Marina del Rey	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	300 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	500 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	609 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 113 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Villameca (2.2 km² at a height of around 1009 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 85.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 212 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 19 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.1 km2

16.6%

Nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

60.3 km2

76.7%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Turcia in country Spain

Turcia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	74 km	West
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	92 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	100 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Órbigo y afluentes	ES	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Turcia
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Turcia
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Turcia

Type of weather in Turcia	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam