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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0955,Lat: 40.5282
Elevation	295 meter above sea level
Local time	1:46:32am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tondela
Name	Molelos
Other place with same name 1	Vela Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 2	Vela Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Trento
Other place with same name 3	Vela Dolj - Vela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fojo	0.9 km	East
2 Botulho	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Pedra da Vista	1.9 km	NorthWest
4 Tondela	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Carvalhal	2.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	217 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	376 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	546 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction NorthWest).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 13.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 98.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 138 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 98%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 95 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 28 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.9 km2

52.2%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

26.9 km2

34.3%

Viticulture

4.2 km2

5.4%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vela in country Portugal

Vela 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	45 km	SouthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	68 km	NorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	82 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carregal do Sal	PT	14 km	SouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tondela Municipality

Type of weather in Tondela Municipality	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam