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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1061,Lat: 42.5226
Elevation	551 meter above sea level
Local time	10:42:38am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Irixo, O

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Parada	5.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 O Castro	7.2 km	NorthEast
3 Xendive	7.7 km	SouthWest
4 Astureses	8.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Brués	8.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	429 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	440 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	749 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 46 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Albarellos (3.1 km² at a height of around 266 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 41.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 49 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 53 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11 km2

14%

Nature

52.1 km2

66.3%

Agriculture

15.4 km2

19.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Irixo in country Spain

O Irixo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	54 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	70 km	NorthEast
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	99 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra do Candán	ES	6.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piñor

Type of weather in Piñor	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam