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Villagarcía de la Vega

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9272,Lat: 42.39
Elevation	802 meter above sea level
Local time	0:40:05am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Cristóbal de la Polantera

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Cristóbal de la Polantera	1.6 km	East
2 Santibáñez de la Isla	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Posadilla de la Vega	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 San Félix de la Vega	2.2 km	NorthWest
5 Santa María de la Isla	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	290 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	485 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	614 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 129 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 Villameca (2.2 km² at a height of around 1009 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 70.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 54%, moderate high mountains: 46%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 213 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 31 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

9.9%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

66.3 km2

84.4%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villagarcía de la Vega in country Spain

Villagarcía de la Vega at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	70 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	108 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	113 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valdería-Jamuz	ES	11 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at San Cristóbal de la Polantera

Type of weather in San Cristóbal de la Polantera	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam