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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5979,Lat: 42.9414
Elevation	674 meter above sea level
Local time	16:17:41pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Burgos
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villarcayo	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Horna	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 Manzanedo	8.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Medina de Pomar	9.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Cornejo	9.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	279 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	423 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	655 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ebro main - Upper - Aragon, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 153.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 215 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 83%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 274 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 57 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

8.4%

Nature

28.5 km2

36.3%

Agriculture

41.2 km2

52.5%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cigüenza in country Spain

Cigüenza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	63 km	EastNorthEast
2 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	63 km	South
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	65 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Nela y afluentes	ES	0.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horna

Type of weather in Horna	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam