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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9623,Lat: 43.3214
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	23:37:57pm
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Puente Viesgo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villabáñez	1.2 km	SouthEast
2 Socobio	1.6 km	SouthEast
3 Las Presillas	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Carandía	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Puente Viesgo	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	322 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	458 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	664 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 176.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 247 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 69%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 308 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.7 km2

30.2%

Nature

13.6 km2

17.4%

Agriculture

38.6 km2

49.2%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vargas in country Spain

Vargas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	14 km	NorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	77 km	East
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	111 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	0.3 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Socobio

Type of weather in Socobio	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam