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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.6914,Lat: 59.4453
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	3:41:03am
Name province/region (Maakond)	Lääne-Virumaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Viru-Nigula

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rannu	8.5 km	East
2 Uhtna	9 km	SouthWest
3 Kohala	9.8 km	SouthWest
4 Aseri	9.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Viru-Kabala	11.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	113 km	WestSouthWest
2 Helsinki	Finland	128 km	WestNorthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	315 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named East Estonia coastal: Purtse, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Uljaste (0.6 km² at a height of around 66 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 72.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.6 km2

33.8%

Nature

6.8 km2

8.7%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.6%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viru-Nigula in country Estonia

Viru-Nigula at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	48 km	South
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	111 km	WestSouthWest
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	124 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mahu-Rannametsa	EE	1.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viru-Nigula vald

Type of weather in Viru-Nigula vald	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:11 Europe/Amsterdam