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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6141,Lat: 41.0712
Elevation	90 meter above sea level
Local time	11:57:33am
Population	187000 (3th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Nova de Gaia
Name	Gulpilhares e Valadares

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Canelas	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Serzedo	2.4 km	South
3 Perosinho	2.6 km	SouthEast
4 Arcozelo	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Sermonde	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	263 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	425 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	620 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 90.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 127 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 95%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Área Metro. do Porto (AMP)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.6 km2

19%

Agriculture

18.6 km2

26%

Urban area

38 km2

53%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vila Nova de Gaia in country Portugal

Vila Nova de Gaia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	7.8 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	49 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	57 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maceda - Praia da Vieira	PT	3.7 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Azenha

Type of weather in Azenha	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam