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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9342,Lat: 42.6108
Elevation	953 meter above sea level
Local time	12:16:02pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quintana del Castillo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ferreras	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Quintanilla del Monte	3.4 km	South
3 Castrillos de Cepeda	7.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Sueros de Cepeda	8.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 La Milla del Río	8.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	309 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	504 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	613 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 11.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 88.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 206 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.3 km2

13.1%

Nature

24.7 km2

31.4%

Agriculture

43.2 km2

55.1%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riofrío in country Spain

Riofrío at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	70 km	West
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	84 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	90 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Órbigo y afluentes	ES	8.8 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Riofrío
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ferreras

Type of weather in Ferreras	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam