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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8126,Lat: 38.605
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:44pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Setúbal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmela
Name	Palmela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Areias Gordas	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cajados	3.1 km	SouthEast
3 Biscaia	3.7 km	West
4 Brejo do Assa	4.2 km	SouthWest
5 Arraiados	4.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	32 km	NorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	416 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	483 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sado and Mira. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Venda Velha (1.6 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 131 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 183 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Terras do Sado

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 35 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

17%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

18.5 km2

23.5%

Viticulture

41.4 km2

52.8%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lau in country Portugal

Lau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	37 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	57 km	NorthWest
3 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	59 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuário do Sado	PT	5.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palmela Municipality

Type of weather in Palmela Municipality	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam