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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5897,Lat: 40.7994
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	17:37:01pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Estarreja
Name	Avanca
Other place with same name 1	Areia Continente - Viana do Castelo
Other place with same name 2	Areia Continente - Viana do Castelo - Viana do Castelo
Other place with same name 3	Areia Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 4	Areia Continente - Porto - Vila do Conde
Other place with same name 5	Areia Continente - Lisboa
Other place with same name 6	Areia Continente - Faro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Congosta	0.5 km	NorthEast
2 Areias de Gonde	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Outeiro de Paredes	1.1 km	NorthEast
4 Mato	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Chão do Ferreiro	1.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	234 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	419 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	593 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa de Paramos (0.8 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 117.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 165 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 80%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.8 km2

36.7%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

4.2 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

28.9 km2

36.8%

Urban area

14 km2

17.9%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Areia in country Portugal

Areia 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	38 km	North
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	67 km	South
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	74 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Aveiro	PT	1.2 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Areia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sardinha

Type of weather in Sardinha	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:12 Europe/Amsterdam