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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8733,Lat: 43.5586
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	15:57:37pm
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Franco, El

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valdepares	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 San Polayo/San Pelayo	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Campos y Salave	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 El Porto/Viavélez	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 La Roda	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	440 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	566 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	696 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

El Franco lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction North).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 Arbón (2.7 km² at a height of around 35 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 174.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 244 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 94%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 144 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 68 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

42.3%

Nature

1 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

26.5 km2

55.1%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Franco in country Spain

El Franco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	45 km	SouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	82 km	SouthWest
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	86 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Penarronda-Barayo	ES	0.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Franco

Type of weather in El Franco	clear sky
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam