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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9236,Lat: 43.5524
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	5:36:21am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Avilés

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Barrial	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Valgranda	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Castañeda	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Heros	1.7 km	West
5 La Sablera	1.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	396 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	595 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	620 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 la Granda (0.6 km² at a height of around 31 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 183.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 257 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 85%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 214 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 9.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

18%

Nature

2 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

37.2 km2

48.7%

Urban area

17.9 km2

23.5%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Avilés in country Spain

Avilés at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	22 km	South
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	46 km	WestSouthWest
3 Las Médulas	Spain	138 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Embalses del centro (San Andrés, la Granda, Trasona y la Furta)	ES	3.5 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Avilés
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Avilés

Type of weather in Avilés	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam