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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7641,Lat: 42.1445
Elevation	100 meter above sea level
Local time	4:35:01am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nigrán
Other place with same name 1	A Cruz Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 2	A Cruz Galicia - Pontevedra - Ribadumia
Other place with same name 3	A Cruz Galicia - Pontevedra - Guarda, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Rotea	0.8 km	NorthWest
2 Vilar	1.1 km	SouthWest
3 Marín	1.1 km	North
4 Con	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Nandín	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	380 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	470 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	732 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 15.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 54%, hill: 41%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 15 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.4 km2

46.6%

Nature

4.7 km2

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

25.4 km2

32.5%

Urban area

11.1 km2

14.2%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Cruz in country Spain

A Cruz 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	74 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	83 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	88 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	4.6 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Parada

Type of weather in Parada	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam