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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6489,Lat: 41.4143
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	4:16:45am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Póvoa de Varzim
Name	Balazar
Other place with same name 1	Fontainhas Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 2	Fontainhas Continente - Viseu
Other place with same name 3	Fontainhas Continente - Santarém
Other place with same name 4	Fontainhas Continente - Santarém - Santarém
Other place with same name 5	Fontainhas Continente - Lisboa
Other place with same name 6	Fontainhas Continente - Faro
Other place with same name 7	Fontainhas Região Autónoma Da Madeira - Ilha da Madeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Modeste	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gestrins	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Casal	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Carreiro	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Moldes	1.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	300 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	435 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	655 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 54.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 76 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 19 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.9 km2

25.4%

Nature

5.8 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

49.4 km2

62.9%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontainhas in country Portugal

Fontainhas 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	27 km	EastNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	30 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	30 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	12 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Praça

Type of weather in Praça	light rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:06 Europe/Amsterdam