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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.5374,Lat: 43.5417
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	5:06:42am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valdés

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Martín de Santiago	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Almuña	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 La Granda	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 La Ronda	2 km	SouthWest
5 Setienes	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	422 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	573 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	669 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Luarca lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthEast).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 Arbón (2.7 km² at a height of around 35 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 173.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 243 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 70%, hill: 30%, 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 167 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 41 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.1 km2

35.9%

Nature

4.6 km2

Agriculture

26.5 km2

52.5%

Urban area

1.3 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Luarca in country Spain

Luarca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	25 km	South
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	60 km	EastSouthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	101 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Negro	ES	0.1 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Almuña

Type of weather in Almuña	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam