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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7569,Lat: 41.5263
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	19:44:35pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Esposende
Name	Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Souto	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Barral	1.2 km	NorthEast
3 Azevedo	1.2 km	SouthEast
4 Igreja	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Descampado	1.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	312 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	447 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	671 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. 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 45.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 32 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

33.4%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

27.4 km2

41.9%

Urban area

9.8 km2

14.9%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fonte in country Portugal

Fonte 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	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	40 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	45 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	1.5 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Gandra

Type of weather in Gandra	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam