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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8191,Lat: 43.3311
Elevation	99 meter above sea level
Local time	6:18:07am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Penagos
Other place with same name 1	Arenal Comunitat Valenciana - Alicante

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Penagos	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Sobarzo	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Sarón	3 km	West
4 Cabárceno	3.1 km	North
5 La Abadilla	3.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	322 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	447 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	665 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 165 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 231 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 62%, hill: 36%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 298 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

14.3%

Nature

16.7 km2

21.3%

Agriculture

45.4 km2

57.8%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arenal in country Spain

Arenal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	25 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	65 km	East
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	109 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	3.8 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arenal

Type of weather in Arenal	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:45 Europe/Amsterdam