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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7275,Lat: 41.4023
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	17:42:19pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Póvoa de Varzim
Name	Póvoa de Varzim, Beiriz e Argivai
Other place with same name 1	Fraião Continente - Braga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Amorim de Cima	0.8 km	West
2 Pedreira	0.8 km	East
3 Silvas	1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Pé do Monte	1 km	EastNorthEast
5 São Salvador	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	298 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	441 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	657 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 Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 41.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 53.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 75 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, The hills are mainly western 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 18 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.8 km2

18.3%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

43.9 km2

58%

Urban area

13.4 km2

17.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fraião in country Portugal

Fraião at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	31 km	South
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	34 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	37 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	8.6 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Beiriz

Type of weather in Beiriz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:11 Europe/Amsterdam