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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7845,Lat: 42.1306
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	8:07:08am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nigrán
Other place with same name 1	A Laxe Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 2	A Laxe Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 3	A Laxe Galicia - Pontevedra - Cotobade
Other place with same name 4	A Laxe Galicia - Pontevedra - Marín

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Tinde	0.3 km	SouthWest
2 A Igrexa	0.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 A Carrasca	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Con	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Vilariño de Arriba	0.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	378 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	471 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	732 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 33.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 15.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 69%, hill: 24%, The hills are mainly western 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 90 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 17 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

40.4%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

27.7 km2

39.1%

Urban area

11.2 km2

15.7%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Laxe in country Spain

A Laxe 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	73 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	85 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	87 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
A Ramallosa	ES	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

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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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam