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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4852,Lat: 43.4584
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	7:17:30am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santoña
Other place with same name 1	Piedrahita Castilla y León - Avila

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Argoños	0.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Santiuste	0.7 km	SouthWest
3 Ancillo	1.2 km	SouthWest
4 Cerecedas	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Dueso	2.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	336 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	423 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	647 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Piedrahita lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthNorthEast).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 del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 57.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 138.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 194 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 65%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 268 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.5 km2

22.9%

Nature

2.6 km2

5.1%

Wet nature

10 km2

19.8%

Agriculture

18 km2

35.7%

Urban area

5.7 km2

11.2%

Rock-Sand

2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piedrahita in country Spain

Piedrahita at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	41 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	52 km	West
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	121 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel y Ría de Ajo	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Argoños

Type of weather in Argoños	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:43 Europe/Amsterdam