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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6748,Lat: 43.3954
Elevation	226 meter above sea level
Local time	3:01:39am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Siero

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Posá	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 La Pola Siero	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ferrera	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 La Cabaña	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 El Rayu	2.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	371 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	589 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	597 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 San Andrés de los Tacones (0.5 km² at a height of around 40 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 174.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 244 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 14%, hill: 86%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 229 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.7 km2

11%

Nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

62 km2

78.9%

Urban area

4 km2

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forfontía in country Spain

Forfontía at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	14 km	West
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	60 km	West
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	126 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuencas Mineras	ES	13 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Posada

Type of weather in Posada	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam