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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8561,Lat: 42.103
Elevation	140 meter above sea level
Local time	2:53:59am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Baiona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Igrexa	0.5 km	NorthEast
2 O Cruceiro	0.8 km	East
3 As Laxes	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Os Eidos	1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Santa Marta	1.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	375 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	475 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	732 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 39.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 17.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 50%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 95 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.3 km2

38.3%

Nature

15.1 km2

29.9%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

9.3 km2

18.5%

Urban area

5.2 km2

10.4%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of As Fontes in country Spain

As Fontes 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	73 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	88 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	90 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Baiona

Type of weather in Baiona	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam