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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0204,Lat: 43.5387
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	12:20:59pm
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castropol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castropol	1.6 km	SouthWest
2 Ribadeo	2 km	West
3 Carretera	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Os Galos	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Vilar	3.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	446 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	560 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	707 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Figueras 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 Doiras (3.6 km² at a height of around 109 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 172.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 241 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 93%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 133 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 80 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

22.9%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

35 km2

60.2%

Urban area

1.8 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

5.7 km2

9.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Figueras in country Spain

Figueras 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	54 km	SouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	72 km	SouthWest
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	98 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ría del Eo	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Figueras

Type of weather in Figueras	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam