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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.7209,Lat: 43.3424
Elevation	117 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:30am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riotuerto
Other place with same name 1	Rucandio Castilla y León - Burgos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Cavada	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Calgar	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Liérganes	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hermosa	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Rubalcaba	2.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	323 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	440 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	662 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction North).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 35 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 157 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 220 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 58%, hill: 34%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 291 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 12 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.2 km2

15.5%

Nature

21.6 km2

27.5%

Agriculture

40.7 km2

51.8%

Urban area

3 km2

3.9%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rucandio in country Spain

Rucandio 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	32 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	57 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	109 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Miera	ES	0.6 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Cavada

Type of weather in La Cavada	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:45 Europe/Amsterdam