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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5922,Lat: 41.9016
Elevation	249 meter above sea level
Local time	6:17:44am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Paredes de Coura
Name	Infesta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerdeira	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Paredes de Coura	3.1 km	East
3 Corredouras	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Cossourado	4.1 km	NorthWest
5 Covelo	4.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	354 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	447 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	702 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 12.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 8%, hill: 76%, low mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 73 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 37 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.9 km2

39.3%

Nature

16.6 km2

21.2%

Agriculture

28.3 km2

36.1%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Roriz in country Portugal

Roriz 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	43 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	57 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	84 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Côrno do Bico	PT	2.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Paredes de Coura Municipality

Type of weather in Paredes de Coura Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam