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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0302,Lat: 40.4166
Elevation	282 meter above sea level
Local time	4:06:25am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carregal do Sal
Name	Parada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Póvoa de Arnosa	0.6 km	NorthWest
2 Póvoa de Santo Amaro	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Papizios	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Parada	1.9 km	SouthWest
5 Pinheiro	2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	208 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	370 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	532 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 58 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Aguieira (23.5 km² at a height of around 124 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 89.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 25%, hill: 75%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 36 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.5%

Nature

24.2 km2

30.8%

Agriculture

22.8 km2

29.1%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Póvoa das Forcadas in country Portugal

Póvoa das Forcadas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	40 km	WestSouthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	78 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	95 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carregal do Sal	PT	5 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carregal do Sal

Type of weather in Carregal do Sal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam