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Arcos
Portovillage
Total population
819
Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Arcos is a small village located in Porto, Portugal. Arcos maps to 41.395°, -8.664° — squarely within the temperate belt. Public datasets list a population of roughly 819. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Village territory extends across a small area of about 5.81 km², with terrain very close to sea level (43 m). Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,604 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Time-zone records list it under Q843589. Resident density is around 141 per km², indicating loosely populated. Read on for charts and tables covering demographics, climate, hazards, schools, wildlife and other open-data indicators for Arcos.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves6,684
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6,660
- Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves5,588
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5,039
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves5,029
- White WagtailMotacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves4,991
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves4,867
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves4,813
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.3 — 2015-05-021 km WSW of Arcos, Portugal
- M 2.5 — 2008-11-216 km ESE of Ponteareas, Spain
- M 2.7 — 2007-08-064 km WSW of Ponteareas, Spain
- M 2.7 — 2007-06-013 km W of Cangas do Morrazo, Spain
- M 2.6 — 2007-04-171 km WNW of Aves, Portugal
- M 2.5 — 2006-12-070 km SSW of Quintela de Leirado, Spain
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Porto
- Ferreiró9 mi away
- Casais20.3 mi away · pop. 1,401
- Folhada33.1 mi away · pop. 602
- Premuda1191.4 mi away · pop. 65
- Olib1200.4 mi away · pop. 117
- Zapuntel1201.7 mi away · pop. 42
- Veli Rat1203.5 mi away · pop. 91
- Brgulje1203.6 mi away · pop. 63
- Verunić1203.8 mi away · pop. 54
- Soline1205 mi away · pop. 59
- Molat1205 mi away · pop. 85
- Božava1206.2 mi away · pop. 118
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Arcos

Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image