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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9456,Lat: 42.6645
Elevation	686 meter above sea level
Local time	9:25:59am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vega de Valcarce

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balboa	4.9 km	NorthEast
2 Trabadelo	5.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Barjas	6.5 km	SouthWest
4 Pedrafita do Cebreiro	9.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Villafranca del Bierzo	13.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	372 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	471 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	696 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 98 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Peñarrubia (1.1 km² at a height of around 396 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Rubia with a height of 1822 meter (at a distance of 12.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 75.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 63%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 123 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 92 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.4 km2

52.6%

Nature

29 km2

36.9%

Agriculture

5.8 km2

7.3%

Infrastructure

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vega de Valcarce in country Spain

Vega de Valcarce at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	26 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	63 km	NorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	86 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ancares - Courel	ES	5.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vega de Valcarce

Type of weather in Vega de Valcarce	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam