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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.2764,Lat: 41.6131
Elevation	482 meter above sea level
Local time	17:46:35pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valpaços
Name	Possacos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lagoas	2.3 km	NorthWest
2 Valpaços	2.8 km	West
3 Vale de Telhas	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Fornos do Pinhal	4.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Vale de Salgueiro	4.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	333 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	354 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	631 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 126 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Azibo (3.7 km² at a height of around 601 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 25.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 87%, low mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 124 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 52 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

16.9%

Nature

13.1 km2

16.6%

Agriculture

43.1 km2

54.9%

Viticulture

7.1 km2

9.1%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Possacos in country Portugal

Possacos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	71 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	87 km	West
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	92 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Romeu	PT	17 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valpaços

Type of weather in Valpaços	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:04 Europe/Amsterdam