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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8036,Lat: 42.1582
Elevation	116 meter above sea level
Local time	8:41:22am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nigrán
Other place with same name 1	As Chans Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 2	As Chans Galicia - Pontevedra - Salvaterra de Miño

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rouxo	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 A Angustia	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Nigrán	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Patos	1.8 km	West
5 A Bouza Vella	2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	381 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	474 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	735 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

As Chans lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 32.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 18.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 69%, hill: 26%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 87 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 17 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.8 km2

42.3%

Nature

1 km2

1.8%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

12.1 km2

23.4%

Urban area

15.7 km2

30.5%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of As Chans in country Spain

As Chans 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	76 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	83 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	91 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	1.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nigrán

Type of weather in Nigrán	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam