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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2169,Lat: 43.3763
Elevation	82 meter above sea level
Local time	8:20:13am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro-Urdiales

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sámano	2.1 km	SouthWest
2 Mioño	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Santullán	2.6 km	South
4 Allendelagua	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Ontón	4.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	329 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	400 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	653 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Castro-Urdiales lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction EastNorthEast).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 59.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 116.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 163 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 65%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 256 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 26 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.5 km2

32.1%

Nature

12.7 km2

28.2%

Agriculture

11.3 km2

25.1%

Urban area

5.5 km2

12.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castro-Urdiales in country Spain

Castro-Urdiales at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	17 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	73 km	West
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	114 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Agüera	ES	7.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Castro Urdiales

Type of weather in Castro Urdiales	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam