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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.0518,Lat: 38.5995
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	21:27:14pm
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Roque	1.2 km	North
2 Cap Blanch	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 El Planet	2 km	SouthWest
4 Carretera de L'Albir	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Montahud	2.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	375 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	451 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	540 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Altea lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Guadalest (1.5 km² at a height of around 382 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 442.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 619 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 95%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Valencia Airport (at a distance of 106 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

5.7%

Nature

2.6 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

26.1 km2

54.7%

Urban area

15.5 km2

32.6%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altea in country Spain

Altea at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	69 km	WestSouthWest
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	101 km	North
3 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture	Spain	134 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra Gelada i Litoral de la Marina Baixa	ES	0.8 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Altea
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altea

Type of weather in Altea	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam