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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.9128,Lat: 43.2491
Elevation	142 meter above sea level
Local time	8:54:47am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponteceso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ponteceso	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Lestimoño	1.3 km	East
3 Ponteceso de Cabana	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Carballido	1.7 km	NorthEast
5 A Trabe	1.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	502 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	540 km	SouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	840 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Fervenza (Encoro da Fervenza) (13.2 km² at a height of around 285 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 134.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 188 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 88%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 44 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.2 km2

38.6%

Nature

20.9 km2

29.6%

Wet nature

3.3 km2

4.7%

Agriculture

16.4 km2

23.4%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Couto in country Spain

O Couto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	44 km	East
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	51 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	114 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa da Morte	ES	0.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laxe

Type of weather in Laxe	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam