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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.8142,Lat: 42.1635
Elevation	735 meter above sea level
Local time	8:32:05am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pozuelo del Páramo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Nora del Río	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Navianos de la Vega	2.7 km	North
3 Alija del Infantado	3.1 km	SouthWest
4 Pozuelo del Páramo	3.8 km	East
5 Coomonte	5.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	265 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	470 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	606 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 153 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Nuestra Señora de Argavanzal (3.4 km² at a height of around 787 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 65.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 91 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 94%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 230 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 49 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.5 km2

24.9%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

55.3 km2

70.4%

Viticulture

1.5 km2

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altobar de la Encomienda in country Spain

Altobar de la Encomienda at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	86 km	NorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	133 km	North
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	134 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Órbigo y afluentes	ES	4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pozuelo del Páramo

Type of weather in Pozuelo del Páramo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:56 Europe/Amsterdam