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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8089,Lat: 42.6054
Elevation	519 meter above sea level
Local time	17:21:09pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villafranca del Bierzo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vilela	1.8 km	South
2 Corullón	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Horta	3.7 km	South
4 Valtuille de Arriba	3.8 km	East
5 Valtuille de Abajo	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	359 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	470 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	685 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 106 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Campañana (0.8 km² at a height of around 527 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.5 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 68.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 15%, low mountains: 62%, moderate high mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 136 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 84 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

27.9%

Nature

26.2 km2

33.3%

Agriculture

13.9 km2

17.7%

Viticulture

13.6 km2

17.2%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villafranca del Bierzo in country Spain

Villafranca del Bierzo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	15 km	South
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	76 km	NorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	87 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de los Ancares	ES	5.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villafranca del Bierzo

Type of weather in Villafranca del Bierzo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam