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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6637,Lat: 42.8698
Elevation	1171 meter above sea level
Local time	5:21:24am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pola de Gordón, La

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Pola de Gordón	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Santa Lucía	2.1 km	East
3 Ciñera	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Huergas de Gordón	3.1 km	South
5 La Vid	3.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	320 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	540 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	591 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 75 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Selga de Ordas (0.7 km² at a height of around 964 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Piloñes with a height of 1986 meter (at a distance of 16.8 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 124.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 175 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 92%, high mountains: 8%, 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 225 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30 km2

38.3%

Nature

35.5 km2

45.3%

Agriculture

3.1 km2

3.9%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Rock-Sand

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vega de Gordón in country Spain

Vega de Gordón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	57 km	North
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	81 km	NorthWest
3 Las Médulas	Spain	100 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montaña Central de León	ES	1.9 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vega de Gordón

Type of weather in Vega de Gordón	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam