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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8644,Lat: 43.3186
Elevation	197 meter above sea level
Local time	6:23:17am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa María de Cayón
Other place with same name 1	La Encina Castilla y León - Salamanca
Other place with same name 2	La Encina Comunitat Valenciana - Alicante

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Abadilla	0.9 km	SouthEast
2 Sarón	1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Santa María de Cayón	1.4 km	SouthEast
4 Argomilla	1.5 km	SouthWest
5 La Penilla	1.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	321 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	451 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	667 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 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 Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 168.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 236 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 64%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 302 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 13 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.5 km2

24.9%

Nature

11.5 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

43.3 km2

55.1%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Encina in country Spain

La Encina at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	22 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	69 km	East
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	109 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	0.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Abadilla

Type of weather in La Abadilla	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:45 Europe/Amsterdam