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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4639,Lat: 40.6871
Elevation	108 meter above sea level
Local time	13:17:36pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albergaria-a-Velha
Name	Albergaria-a-Velha e Valmaior
Other place with same name 1	Açores Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 2	Açores Continente - Guarda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valmaior	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Santo António	1.4 km	NorthEast
3 Albergaria-a-Velha	1.5 km	NorthWest
4 Assilho	2 km	West
5 Jafafe de Cima	2.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	224 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	408 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	577 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 127.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 178 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 97%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.4 km2

56.6%

Nature

13.7 km2

17.4%

Agriculture

12.4 km2

15.8%

Urban area

7.1 km2

9.1%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Açores in country Portugal

Açores at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	52 km	North
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	53 km	South
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	72 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Vouga	PT	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Albergaria-a-Velha

Type of weather in Albergaria-a-Velha	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:11 Europe/Amsterdam