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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7823,Lat: 41.7087
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	22:57:21pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viana do Castelo
Name	Santa Marta de Portuzelo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Martinha	0.7 km	NorthEast
2 Portuzelo	0.8 km	South
3 Petigueiras	1 km	East
4 Felgueira	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Romé	1.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	332 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	455 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	690 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 37.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 70%, hill: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 52 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

13.3%

Nature

21.9 km2

27.9%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

23.1 km2

29.4%

Urban area

13.1 km2

16.7%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fonte Grossa in country Portugal

Fonte Grossa 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	38 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	51 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	65 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Lima	PT	1 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Freixo

Type of weather in Freixo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam