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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7693,Lat: 42.2035
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	8:43:00am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Redondo	0.4 km	North
2 O Xuncal	0.5 km	East
3 A Gándara	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 A Tomada	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Romeu	0.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	387 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	473 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	738 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

A Torre lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 27.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 20.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 67%, hill: 27%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.9 km2

34%

Nature

1 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

5 km2

10.1%

Urban area

25.1 km2

50.4%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Torre in country Spain

A Torre at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	77 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	80 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	94 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	2.5 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcabre

Type of weather in Alcabre	fog
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam