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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.856,Lat: 36.9544
Elevation	847 meter above sea level
Local time	5:23:51am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arenas del Rey

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jayena	3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Arenas del Rey	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Játar	5.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Pantano de Los Bermejales	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Agrón	8.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	160 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	384 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	510 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 22 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de los Bermejales (4.2 km² at a height of around 830 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 158.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 222 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly western 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.8 km2

4.8%

Nature

24.8 km2

31.6%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.7%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fornes in country Spain

Fornes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	34 km	NorthEast
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	62 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	124 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama	ES	0.5 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fornes

Type of weather in Fornes	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	08:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:02 Europe/Amsterdam