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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6257,Lat: 42.4166
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	6:07:06am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Albeiro	0.4 km	NorthEast
2 Ría de Abaixo	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Marcón	1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Lusquiños	1 km	SouthWest
5 Pazos	1.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	411 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	473 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	755 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 69%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.9 km2

25.5%

Nature

13.6 km2

17.5%

Wet nature

2 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

32 km2

41%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilafranca in country Spain

Vilafranca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	52 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	98 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	109 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	3.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pontevedra

Type of weather in Pontevedra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam