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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.4342,Lat: 42.2602
Elevation	1140 meter above sea level
Local time	0:27:44am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Truchas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corporales	5.9 km	North
2 Castrillo de Cabrera	12.9 km	NorthWest
3 Encinedo	13.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Filiel	15.4 km	NorthEast
5 Espadañedo	16.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	310 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	450 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	656 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 143 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 Cerradilla (13.6 km² at a height of around 891 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Alto de Peña Negra with a height of 2122 meter (at a distance of 9.4 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 34.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 81%, high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 178 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 50 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.3 km2

38.6%

Nature

31.6 km2

40.2%

Agriculture

15.7 km2

20%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Truchas in country Spain

Truchas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	36 km	NorthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	119 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	125 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Órbigo y afluentes	ES	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Truchas

Type of weather in Truchas	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam