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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6287,Lat: 42.4606
Elevation	138 meter above sea level
Local time	8:14:12am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra
Other place with same name 1	O Castelo Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 2	O Castelo Galicia - Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Casal Novo	0.5 km	SouthWest
2 Casaldarado-As Cernadas	0.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 A Piolla	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Ramallás	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 A Meán	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	416 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	475 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	759 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 79%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 51 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24 km2

30.6%

Nature

10.7 km2

13.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

34.5 km2

43.9%

Urban area

7.8 km2

9.9%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Castelo in country Spain

O Castelo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	47 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	103 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	104 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mourente

Type of weather in Mourente	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam