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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8509,Lat: 38.5909
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	16:54:41pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Setúbal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmela
Name	Palmela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vale de Marmelos	2.1 km	NorthWest
2 Areias Gordas	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Palmela Gare	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Brejo do Assa	3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Serralheiras	3.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	29 km	NorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	417 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	486 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sado and Mira. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Venda Velha (1.6 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 134.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 188 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Terras do Sado

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 33 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.5 km2

8.3%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

22.9 km2

29.1%

Viticulture

39.8 km2

50.6%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biscaia in country Portugal

Biscaia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	34 km	NorthWest
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	54 km	NorthWest
3 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	57 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arrábida / Espichel	PT	5.1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palmela Municipality

Type of weather in Palmela Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:18 Europe/Amsterdam