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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.6319,Lat: 42.6056
Elevation	561 meter above sea level
Local time	1:59:26am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cabañas Raras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cabañas Raras	2 km	North
2 Bárcena del Bierzo	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 La Válgoma	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 San Andrés de Montejos	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Cueto	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	348 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	476 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	671 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Bárcena (9 km² at a height of around 624 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 10.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 69.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 97 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 5%, low mountains: 95%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 150 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 80 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.9 km2

19%

Nature

6.4 km2

8.2%

Agriculture

22.1 km2

28.2%

Viticulture

30.8 km2

39.3%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cortiguera in country Spain

Cortiguera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	19 km	SouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	83 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	88 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	ES	11 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Válgoma

Type of weather in La Válgoma	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam