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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5771,Lat: 42.9357
Elevation	592 meter above sea level
Local time	8:32:27am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Burgos
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Horna	0.9 km	South
2 Cigüenza	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Medina de Pomar	7.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Manzanedo	10.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cornejo	11 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	278 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	422 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	656 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 53 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ebro main - Upper - Aragon, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 152.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 213 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 92%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 273 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 58 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

3.9%

Nature

21.9 km2

27.9%

Agriculture

51.4 km2

65.4%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villarcayo in country Spain

Villarcayo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	62 km	EastNorthEast
2 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	63 km	South
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	67 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Nela y afluentes	ES	2.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horna

Type of weather in Horna	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam