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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1565,Lat: 42.2773
Elevation	239 meter above sea level
Local time	19:10:44pm
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribadavia
Other place with same name 1	Francelos Continente - Vila Real
Other place with same name 2	Francelos Galicia - Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribadavia	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 A Ibia	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 A Franqueirán	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Prexigueiro	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Quins	3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	401 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	431 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	725 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 38 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 Frieira (Encoro de Frieira) (9.9 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 14 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 37%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 39 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.6 km2

35.2%

Nature

31.1 km2

39.6%

Agriculture

5.6 km2

7.1%

Viticulture

10.6 km2

13.4%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Francelos in country Spain

Francelos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	75 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	82 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	93 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	12 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribadavia

Type of weather in Ribadavia	light rain
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	9 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:04 Europe/Amsterdam