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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 29.3758,Lat: 62.8567
Elevation	100 meter above sea level
Local time	17:15:19pm
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Pohjois-Karjala#Norra Karelen
Name Kunta	Polvijärvi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Outokumpu	23 km	SouthWest
2 Viinijärvi	24.4 km	South
3 Kontioniemi	25.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Välikangas	27 km	SouthEast
5 Kontiolahti	27 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	379 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	456 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	717 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 239 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Mertajärvi (1.4 km² at a height of around 94 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 87.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Pohjois-Karjalan järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pulkovo Airport (at a distance of 346 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Joensuu Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.1 km2

62.6%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

17.2 km2

21.9%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.5%

Water - Lakes

8.6 km2

10.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polvijärvi in country Finland

Polvijärvi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	225 km	WestSouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	245 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kizhi Pogost	Russian Federation	315 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Viklinrimpi	FI	7.8 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Polvijärvi

Type of weather in Polvijärvi	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	18 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	02:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam