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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.629,Lat: 42.5507
Elevation	495 meter above sea level
Local time	13:48:04pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponferrada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Flores del Sil	0.7 km	South
2 Cuatrovientos	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Fuentesnuevas	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Ponferrada	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Compostilla	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	344 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	471 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	671 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 111 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Fuente del Azufre (0.4 km² at a height of around 544 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 16.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 63.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 35%, low mountains: 65%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 152 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 77 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.7 km2

20%

Nature

13 km2

16.6%

Agriculture

27.4 km2

34.8%

Viticulture

11.4 km2

14.5%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Placa in country Spain

La Placa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	15 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	89 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	92 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	ES	4.8 km	SouthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB La Placa
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponferrada

Type of weather in Ponferrada	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam