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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.938,Lat: 42.2476
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	15:43:19pm
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cataluña
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilafant

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arengades-enginyers	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Les Forques	1.8 km	East
3 Santa Llogaia D'àlguema	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Avinyonet De Puigventós	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Figueres	2.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	120 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	401 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	589 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Boadella (Pantà de Boadella) (5.1 km² at a distance of 13.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 34.8 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 22.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 127 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Girona-Costa Brava Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Nature

11.2 km2

14.3%

Agriculture

52.7 km2

67.1%

Urban area

10 km2

12.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilafant in country Spain

Vilafant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	113 km	SouthWest
2 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	114 km	SouthWest
3 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	114 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garriga d'Empordà	ES	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilafant

Type of weather in Vilafant	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:22 Europe/Amsterdam