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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0673,Lat: 42.317
Elevation	979 meter above sea level
Local time	23:38:29pm
Name province/region	La Rioja
Name Subregion	La Rioja
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valgañón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zorraquín	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Ezcaray	4.4 km	East
3 Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón	5.6 km	West
4 Ojacastro	6.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 San Vicente del Valle	8.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	215 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	379 km	East
3 Lisboa	Portugal	645 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 112 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ebro main - Upper - Aragon, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Leiva (0.5 km² at a height of around 589 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.1 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is San Lorenzo with a height of 2262 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 153.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 215 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 89%, high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 208 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Burgos Airport (at a distance of 46 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.1 km2

58.7%

Nature

24.5 km2

31.2%

Agriculture

7.4 km2

9.4%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valgañón in country Spain

Valgañón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	17 km	East
2 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	40 km	WestNorthWest
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	53 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierras de Demanda, Urbión, Cebollera y Cameros	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valgañón

Type of weather in Valgañón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam