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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.3329,Lat: 42.8187
Elevation	954 meter above sea level
Local time	7:28:39am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vegaquemada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boñar	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 La Vecilla	7 km	NorthWest
3 Valdepiélago	8.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 La Ercina	9.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Santa Colomba de Curueño	9.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	301 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	551 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	564 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 73 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Porma (11.4 km² at a height of around 1095 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 138.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 194 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 252 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 36 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.7 km2

55.7%

Nature

20.2 km2

25.8%

Agriculture

14.5 km2

18.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vegaquemada in country Spain

Vegaquemada 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	74 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	106 km	NorthWest
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	117 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Picos de Europa en Castilla y León	ES	8.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Vegaquemada
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vegaquemada

Type of weather in Vegaquemada	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam