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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8571,Lat: 43.4434
Elevation	71 meter above sea level
Local time	13:36:30pm
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santander

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cacicedo	1.3 km	SouthWest
2 Herrera	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Igollo	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Muriedas	2.6 km	South
5 San Román	2.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	335 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	453 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	653 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 168.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 236 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 294 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 3.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.9%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

33.8 km2

46.7%

Urban area

23.1 km2

31.9%

Infrastructure

6 km2

8.2%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

5.2 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Peñacastillo in country Spain

Peñacastillo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	22 km	West
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	70 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	122 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Liencres y Estuario del Pas	ES	4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Peñacastillo

Type of weather in Peñacastillo	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam