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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7285,Lat: 41.6631
Elevation	128 meter above sea level
Local time	14:08:10pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viana do Castelo
Name	Vila de Punhe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Neves	1.1 km	SouthEast
2 Milhões	1.2 km	West
3 Chasqueira	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Paço	1.6 km	East
5 Reis Magos	1.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	327 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	449 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	683 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 26 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 81%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 46 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22 km2

28%

Nature

9.5 km2

12.1%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

36.7%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

13.3 km2

16.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arques in country Portugal

Arques at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	32 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	44 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	59 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Lima	PT	3.3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila de Punhe

Type of weather in Vila de Punhe	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam