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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9412,Lat: 40.8263
Elevation	483 meter above sea level
Local time	17:37:23pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro Daire
Name	Mões
Other place with same name 1	Arcas Continente - Bragança
Other place with same name 2	Arcas Continente - Viseu
Other place with same name 3	Arcas Castilla-La Mancha - Cuenca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mamouros	0.7 km	North
2 Soutelo	2.6 km	NorthEast
3 Termas do Carvalhal	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Alva	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Rio de Mel	3.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	252 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	365 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	569 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 57 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Fagilde (0.8 km² at a height of around 309 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 87.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 44%, low mountains: 56%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 79 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 12 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.5 km2

45.2%

Nature

19.9 km2

25.3%

Agriculture

21.2 km2

26.9%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcas in country Portugal

Arcas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	33 km	NorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	67 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	75 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	6.1 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lamas

Type of weather in Lamas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam