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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5992,Lat: 41.5352
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	16:00:41pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Tamel (São Veríssimo)
Other place with same name 1	Pontes Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 2	Pontes Continente - Santarém
Other place with same name 3	Pontes Continente - Setúbal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fraião	0.6 km	NorthEast
2 Barreiras	0.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cruzeiro	0.8 km	South
4 Lubagueira	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Pinheiro	1.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	314 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	435 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	665 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 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 33.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, 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 32 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21 km2

26.7%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

37.4 km2

47.6%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

13.9 km2

17.6%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontes in country Portugal

Pontes 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	19 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	28 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	44 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	14 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Barcelos Municipality

Type of weather in Barcelos Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:10 Europe/Amsterdam