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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.8285,Lat: 63.0992
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	2:10:31am
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Western and Inland Finland (Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Keski-Suomi#Mellersta Finland
Name Kunta	Viitasaari

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Viitasaari	2.9 km	SouthEast
2 Keitele	27.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Kannonkoski	31.4 km	SouthWest
4 Pihtipudas	33 km	NorthWest
5 Vesanto	35.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	329 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	414 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	592 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 153 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kymijoki main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Kymijoki-Gulf of Finland. The nearest bigger lake is Keitele (610.7 km² at a height of around 98 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 218.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 305 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is water.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Keski-Suomen järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 313 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Jyväskylä Airport (at a distance of 78 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.4 km2

35%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

5.2 km2

6.7%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

36.5 km2

46.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kurkela in country Finland

Kurkela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	100 km	South
2 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	230 km	West
3 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	232 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Yl-Keitele	FI	2.8 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viitasaari

Type of weather in Viitasaari	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	5 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:03 Europe/Amsterdam