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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5793,Lat: 42.1044
Elevation	167 meter above sea level
Local time	4:40:17am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salceda de Caselas
Other place with same name 1	Fontán Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Alpes-Maritimes
Other place with same name 2	Fontán Galicia - Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bouzavedra	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 A Revolta	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 A Venda Nova	1.5 km	East
4 A Esfarrapada	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Pedracarballa	2.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	377 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	454 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	722 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 5.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 86%, hill: 14%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.3 km2

53.8%

Nature

3.7 km2

4.7%

Agriculture

25.2 km2

32.1%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontán in country Spain

Fontán at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	64 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	78 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	86 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gándaras de Budiño	ES	3.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salceda de Caselas

Type of weather in Salceda de Caselas	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam