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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.4864,Lat: 43.3462
Elevation	136 meter above sea level
Local time	17:04:06pm
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mendexa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Likona	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Lekeitio	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Elexalde	3 km	SouthWest
4 Merelludi	3.3 km	South
5 Erribera	4.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	337 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	342 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	652 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Zelaia lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Basque County internal basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Urrunaga (Urrunagako Urtegia) (8.1 km² at a height of around 547 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 56.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 80 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 81%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 216 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 35 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.4 km2

63.8%

Nature

3.4 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

13.8 km2

28%

Urban area

0.6 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zelaia in country Spain

Zelaia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	43 km	West
2 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	117 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	132 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lea ibaia / Río Lea	ES	1.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mendexa

Type of weather in Mendexa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam