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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8466,Lat: 42.1071
Elevation	118 meter above sea level
Local time	5:46:41am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Baiona
Other place with same name 1	As Laxes Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 2	As Laxes Galicia - Pontevedra - Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Cruceiro	0.3 km	South
2 Os Eidos	0.5 km	South
3 Santa Marta	0.5 km	NorthEast
4 A Igrexa	0.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 O Burgo	0.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	376 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	475 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	732 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

As Laxes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast).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 38.7 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): 8%, low location: 55%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 6%, 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 94 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.4 km2

37.4%

Nature

12.4 km2

22.7%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

13 km2

23.8%

Urban area

7.3 km2

13.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of As Laxes in country Spain

As Laxes 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	89 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
A Ramallosa	ES	1 km	EastNorthEast

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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:	5.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam