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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8676,Lat: 40.4379
Elevation	344 meter above sea level
Local time	11:49:21am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oliveira do Hospital
Name	Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aldeia Formosa	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Ervedal da Beira	2.4 km	SouthWest
3 Seixo da Beira	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Travancinha	4 km	SouthEast
5 Lagares da Beira	4.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	217 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	356 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	528 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 71 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 16.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 76.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 108 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 95%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 114 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 32 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.8%

Nature

35.2 km2

44.8%

Agriculture

22.1 km2

28.1%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vila Franca da Beira in country Portugal

Vila Franca da Beira 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	53 km	WestSouthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	74 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	102 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carregal do Sal	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aldeia Formosa

Type of weather in Aldeia Formosa	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam