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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.978,Lat: 42.6112
Elevation	1035 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:36am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barjas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vega de Valcarce	6.5 km	NorthEast
2 Oencia	7.2 km	South
3 Trabadelo	8.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Balboa	11.4 km	NorthEast
5 Pedrafita do Cebreiro	13.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	370 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	465 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	699 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 104 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Peñarrubia (1.1 km² at a height of around 396 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Rubia with a height of 1822 meter (at a distance of 19.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 70 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 86%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 122 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 87 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

62.8 km2

80%

Nature

11.6 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

4.2 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barjas in country Spain

Barjas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	23 km	SouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	65 km	NorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	92 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ancares - Courel	ES	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Barjas

Type of weather in Barjas	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:00 Europe/Amsterdam