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General information - Location

Country	Czech Republic
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.5643,Lat: 50.1098
Elevation	385 meter above sea level
Local time	0:41:07am
Name province/region	Středočeský
Name Subregion	Rakovník
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Švihov

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oráčov	1.1 km	West
2 Pšovlky	1.9 km	East
3 Řeřichy	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Kolešovice	4.7 km	NorthEast
5 Hokov	5.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	61 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	269 km	North
3 Wien	Austria	294 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 394 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vltava, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodní nádrž Nechranice (11.9 km² at a height of around 274 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 51 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 71 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 80%, low mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Václav Havel Airport Prague (at a distance of 50 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlovy Vary International Airport (at a distance of 48 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.1 km2

30.6%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

52.4 km2

66.7%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Švihov in country Czech-republic

Švihov at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Prague	Czechia	61 km	East
2 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	61 km	WestNorthWest
3 Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec	Czechia	123 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Petrohrad	CZ	8.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jesenice

Type of weather in Jesenice	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	05:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam