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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.2303,Lat: 40.4979
Elevation	1048 meter above sea level
Local time	4:37:18am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Avila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villafranca de la Sierra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Navacepedilla de Corneja	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Casas del Puerto	4.3 km	NorthEast
3 Bonilla de la Sierra	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Navaescurial	4.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 San Miguel de Corneja	4.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	132 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	386 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	480 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 288 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Santa Teresa (25.6 km² at a height of around 885 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 132.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 185 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 73%, high mountains: 27%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 142 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 56 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.5%

Nature

41.4 km2

52.7%

Agriculture

8.5 km2

10.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villafranca de la Sierra in country Spain

Villafranca de la Sierra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	48 km	East
2 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	64 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	94 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Tormes y afluentes	ES	0.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villafranca de la Sierra

Type of weather in Villafranca de la Sierra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:58 Europe/Amsterdam