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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.2393,Lat: 43.3885
Elevation	80 meter above sea level
Local time	6:02:29am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ruiloba
Other place with same name 1	Sierra Castilla-La Mancha - Albacete

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Trasierra	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Barrio de la Iglesia	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Pando	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Cóbreces	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Toñanes	3.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	332 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	482 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	655 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sierra lies at the Bay of Biscay (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 la Cohilla (0.5 km² at a height of around 780 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Sagra with a height of 2024 meter (at a distance of 23.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 199.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 279 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 76%, hill: 23%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 323 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.1 km2

41.7%

Nature

6.4 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

18.6 km2

38.5%

Urban area

3.2 km2

6.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sierra in country Spain

Sierra 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	10 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	100 km	EastSouthEast
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	125 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rias occidentales y Duna de Oyambre	ES	5.7 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cóbreces

Type of weather in Cóbreces	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:45 Europe/Amsterdam