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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9002,Lat: 40.8943
Elevation	609 meter above sea level
Local time	16:32:02pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro Daire
Name	Castro Daire
Other place with same name 1	Folgosa Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 2	Folgosa Continente - Viseu
Other place with same name 3	Folgosa Continente - Viseu - Viseu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Farejinhas	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Fareja	1.7 km	NorthWest
3 Mosteiro	2 km	West
4 Castro Daire	2.7 km	NorthWest
5 Vila Boa	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	261 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	362 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	575 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 61 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Carrapatelo (7 km² at a height of around 46 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 82.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 116 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 5%, low mountains: 86%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 77 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 19 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.7 km2

31.4%

Nature

27.8 km2

35.4%

Agriculture

23 km2

29.3%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Folgosa in country Portugal

Folgosa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	24 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	67 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	70 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castro Daire

Type of weather in Castro Daire	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam