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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.171,Lat: 41.4665
Elevation	306 meter above sea level
Local time	17:08:29pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fafe
Name	Fornelos
Other place with same name 1	Luz Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha da Graciosa
Other place with same name 2	Luz Continente - Évora
Other place with same name 3	Luz Continente - Faro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pinheiros	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Torre	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Venda Nova e Varzeadura	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Fafe	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Mourisca	2.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	313 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	398 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	642 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 50 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 12.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 49 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.7 km2

20%

Nature

15.3 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

37.4 km2

47.6%

Urban area

8.2 km2

10.5%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Luz in country Portugal

Luz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	10 km	West
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	20 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	51 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	21 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fafe Municipality

Type of weather in Fafe Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam