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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8138,Lat: 43.4256
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	5:02:55am
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bakio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zubiaur	0.5 km	South
2 San Pelaio	0.7 km	East
3 Basigo	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Goitisolo	0.8 km	South
5 Markaida	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	339 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	370 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	644 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Urkizaur lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthEast).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 45.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 83.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 47%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 1%, 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 228 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.3 km2

56.9%

Nature

12.4 km2

24.2%

Agriculture

9.1 km2

17.8%

Urban area

0.6 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Urkizaur in country Spain

Urkizaur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	20 km	WestSouthWest
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	106 km	West
3 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	122 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de la Ría de Mundaka-Cabo de Ogoño	ES	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bakio

Type of weather in Bakio	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam