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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6892,Lat: 42.44
Elevation	843 meter above sea level
Local time	5:20:22am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valdevimbre
Other place with same name 1	Fontecha País Vasco - Araba/Álava

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meizara	1.4 km	North
2 Palacios de Fontecha	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mozóndiga	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 La Mata del Páramo	4.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 San Pedro Bercianos	5.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	282 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	500 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	594 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 121 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Selga de Ordas (0.7 km² at a height of around 964 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 89.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 230 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 17 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

67.8 km2

86.3%

Viticulture

2.6 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontecha in country Spain

Fontecha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	89 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	103 km	North
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	117 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Páramo Leonés	ES	0.4 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at San Pedro Bercianos

Type of weather in San Pedro Bercianos	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:55 Europe/Amsterdam