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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.7732,Lat: 43.4256
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	10:19:02am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Marina de Cudeyo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedreña	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rubayo	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gajano	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Pontejos	3 km	SouthWest
5 Heras	3.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	333 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	445 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	654 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Elechas lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction West).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 Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 161.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 226 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 69%, hill: 4%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 289 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 3.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

4.4%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

3.2 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

34.2 km2

50.1%

Urban area

8.5 km2

12.4%

Infrastructure

4.2 km2

6.1%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

11.4 km2

16.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Elechas in country Spain

Elechas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	28 km	West
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	63 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	119 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas del Puntal y Estuario del Miera	ES	1.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Marina de Cudeyo

Type of weather in Marina de Cudeyo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam