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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8154,Lat: 41.2315
Elevation	564 meter above sea level
Local time	20:14:49pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Marta de Penaguião
Name	Fontes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fornelos	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanhoane	3.4 km	South
3 Santa Marta de Penaguião	3.8 km	SouthEast
4 Cumeeira de Cima	5.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Arrabães	5.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	298 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	362 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	606 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 72 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 da Régua (6.5 km² at a height of around 73 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 68.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Douro

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 9.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.5 km2

23.5%

Nature

12.2 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

15.1 km2

19.2%

Viticulture

31.9 km2

40.6%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontes in country Portugal

Fontes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	15 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	47 km	NorthWest
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	60 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	1 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Fontes
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality

Type of weather in Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam