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Penela

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Total population

1,029

Air quality index

29Good
Coordinates40.03°, -8.39°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Penela, a small town in Coimbra, Portugal, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Coordinates of 40.029°, -8.390° situate Penela in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Around 1,029 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. At 8 people per km², the town shows low overall population density. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. The location receives about 1,648 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 64% of daylight hours. The administrative footprint covers roughly 134.8 km². Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
40.0294
Longitude
-8.3902
Water area
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View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
29
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
2.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
4.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
59
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.8

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
62,136
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Silver wattle, Blue wattle, Mimosa
    Acacia dealbata Link · Magnoliopsida
    2,438
  • Mountain Cinquefoil
    Potentilla montana Brot. · Magnoliopsida
    985
  • Dorset Heath
    Erica ciliaris L. · Magnoliopsida
    867
  • Australian Blackwood
    Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. · Magnoliopsida
    760
  • white violet
    Viola alba Besser · Magnoliopsida
    575
  • Bushy Needlewood
    Hakea decurrens R.Br. · Magnoliopsida
    526
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    487
  • Hawthorn
    Crataegus monogyna Jacq. · Magnoliopsida
    478

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,648

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Official Identifiers

INE Portugal

INE ID
0614
Population (Wikidata)
5,983
Wikidata
Q576924

INE ID via Wikidata P6324

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • INE Portugal — INE ID via Wikidata P6324