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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2667,Lat: 41.4063
Elevation	420 meter above sea level
Local time	18:00:17pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guimarães
Name	Abação e Gémeos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corte Real	0.5 km	NorthEast
2 Paraiso	0.8 km	South
3 Devesa Escura	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Fortuinhos	1.1 km	NorthWest
5 São Simão	1.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	305 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	404 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	640 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 45.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 73%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 39 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.6%

Nature

6.5 km2

8.3%

Agriculture

40.4 km2

51.4%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

9.6 km2

12.2%

Infrastructure

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Formalha in country Portugal

Formalha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	19 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	41 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	25 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vizela

Type of weather in Vizela	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam