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Peníscola/Peñíscola

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.3942,Lat: 40.3634
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	4:13:58am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Comunitat Valenciana
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Castellón/Castelló
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Peñíscola

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Atalayas	0.6 km	West
2 Cerro-Mar	0.9 km	South
3 Font-Nova	4.1 km	SouthWest
4 Benicarló	7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Villa Pepita	7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	255 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	347 km	West
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	681 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Peníscola/Peñíscola lies at the Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: Turia, Millars, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Ulldecona (0.6 km² at a height of around 479 meter above sea level) at a distance of 36.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 245.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 344 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 62%, hill: 22%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 175 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (at a distance of 32 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

17.9 km2

41.8%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

20 km2

46.8%

Urban area

4.1 km2

9.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Peníscola/Peñíscola in country Spain

Peníscola/Peñíscola at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco	Spain	110 km	NorthEast
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	118 km	SouthWest
3 Poblet Monastery	Spain	126 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marjal de Peníscola	ES	0.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Peñíscola

Type of weather in Peñíscola	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	07:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:36 Europe/Amsterdam