Hotels at Vilaxoán booking.com

Vilaxoán

Booking.com

Vilaxoán

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7873,Lat: 42.5871
Elevation	26 meter above sea level
Local time	0:21:45am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilagarcía de Arousa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Miramar	0.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sobradelo	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Vilaboa	0.7 km	East
4 A Rosaleda	0.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 A Lagoa	0.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	429 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	493 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	778 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vilaxoán lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 60.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 85 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 88%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 46 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 42 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

34.9%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

Agriculture

22.1 km2

45.9%

Urban area

7.8 km2

16.1%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilaxoán in country Spain

Vilaxoán at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	38 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	94 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	111 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	3.3 km	West

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Vilaxoán
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Vilaxoán
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilagarcía de Arousa

Type of weather in Vilagarcía de Arousa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam