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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4342,Lat: 41.6219
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	17:33:05pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Verde
Name	Soutelo
Other place with same name 1	Gandra Continente - Viana do Castelo
Other place with same name 2	Gandra Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 3	Gandra Continente - Braga - Barcelos
Other place with same name 4	Gandra Continente - Braga - Barcelos
Other place with same name 5	Gandra Continente - Braga - Barcelos
Other place with same name 6	Gandra Continente - Braga - Vila Nova de Famalicão
Other place with same name 7	Gandra Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 8	Gandra Continente - Porto - Paredes
Other place with same name 9	Gandra Continente - Porto - Marco de Canaveses

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Larim	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Gandra	0.6 km	NorthWest
3 Casal	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Fontelo	0.9 km	West
5 Sampaio	1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	326 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	424 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	668 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 31 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 97%, hill: 3%, 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 46 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.2 km2

16.8%

Nature

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

43.6 km2

55.4%

Viticulture

2.6 km2

3.3%

Urban area

13.6 km2

17.3%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gandra in country Portugal

Gandra 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	8.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	23 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	55 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	13 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Turiz

Type of weather in Turiz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam