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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1971,Lat: 43.1925
Elevation	209 meter above sea level
Local time	4:09:30am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	País Vasco
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Balmaseda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Herrera	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bezi	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sollano-Llantada	5 km	East
4 Mimetiz	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Traslaviña	5.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	309 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	395 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	673 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Urrunaga (Urrunagako Urtegia) (8.1 km² at a height of around 547 meter above sea level) at a distance of 46.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 115.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 162 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 13%, hill: 68%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 268 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 26 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.4 km2

52.7%

Nature

19.6 km2

25%

Agriculture

16.9 km2

21.5%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balmaseda in country Spain

Balmaseda at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	21 km	NorthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	78 km	WestNorthWest
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	95 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bosques del Valle de Mena	ES	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balmaseda

Type of weather in Balmaseda	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:43 Europe/Amsterdam