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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.0493,Lat: 42.6608
Elevation	1015 meter above sea level
Local time	9:00:48am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quintana del Castillo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sueros de Cepeda	5.7 km	South
2 Ferreras	8.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Castrillos de Cepeda	9 km	South
4 Valdesamario	10.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Riofrío	11 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	320 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	504 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	623 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 100 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Villameca (2.2 km² at a height of around 1009 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 88.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 196 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 33 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.6 km2

42.7%

Nature

7.8 km2

9.9%

Agriculture

35.1 km2

44.7%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quintana del Castillo in country Spain

Quintana del Castillo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	63 km	West
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	80 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	81 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Omaña - ZEPA	ES	11 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quintana del Castillo

Type of weather in Quintana del Castillo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:56 Europe/Amsterdam