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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8894,Lat: 42.2549
Elevation	115 meter above sea level
Local time	18:58:32pm
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilanant

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Avinyonet De Puigventós	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 El Mas Pau	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Torremirona	3 km	SouthWest
4 Cistella	3.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Vilafant	4.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	116 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	404 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	585 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 19 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 10.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - Olot volcanic field (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 31.2 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. 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 125 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

13.1 km2

16.6%

Nature

10.5 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

51.4 km2

65.4%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilanant in country Spain

Vilanant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	110 km	WestNorthWest
2 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	111 km	SouthWest
3 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	113 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garriga d'Empordà	ES	0.6 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilanant

Type of weather in Vilanant	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam