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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8195,Lat: 40.1456
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	17:07:59pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	Vila Verde
Other place with same name 1	Fontela Continente - Viana do Castelo
Other place with same name 2	Fontela Galicia - Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vila Verde	1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Salmanha	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Carritos	1.6 km	North
4 Casal da Marinha	1.7 km	SouthEast
5 Casal da Robala	1.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	159 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	439 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	543 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa da Vela (1.1 km² at a height of around 45 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 122.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 172 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 32%, low location: 68%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 123 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9 km2

11.9%

Nature

14.1 km2

18.8%

Wet nature

10.7 km2

14.2%

Agriculture

21.7 km2

28.8%

Urban area

11.6 km2

15.4%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

5.5 km2

7.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontela in country Portugal

Fontela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	34 km	East
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	54 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	67 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	3.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Figueira da Foz Municipality

Type of weather in Figueira da Foz Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:14 Europe/Amsterdam