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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1649,Lat: 43.2791
Elevation	212 meter above sea level
Local time	16:50:25pm
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sopuerta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Baluga	0.8 km	SouthEast
2 Mercadillo	2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 San Martin de Carral	3.3 km	South
4 Bezi	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 San Miguel de Linares	5.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	319 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	394 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	663 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Basque County internal basins. 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 49.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 112.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 157 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 32%, hill: 58%, low mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 260 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

51.6 km2

65.7%

Nature

8.8 km2

11.2%

Agriculture

17 km2

21.7%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Castaño in country Spain

El Castaño at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	13 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	78 km	WestNorthWest
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	105 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Agüera	ES	7.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sopuerta

Type of weather in Sopuerta	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam