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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7802,Lat: 42.1889
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	6:15:35am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo
Other place with same name 1	As Laxes Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 2	As Laxes Galicia - Pontevedra - Baiona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Melcas	0.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 A Igrexa	0.2 km	SouthEast
3 As Roteas	0.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 A Calzada	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Moláns	0.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	385 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	473 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	737 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

As Laxes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 28.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 64%, hill: 31%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

38.7%

Nature

1.7 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

7.7 km2

14.5%

Urban area

22.4 km2

42%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.9%

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	79 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	79 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	93 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	1.8 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Alcabre

Type of weather in Alcabre	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam