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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.8558,Lat: 62.3179
Elevation	84 meter above sea level
Local time	1:16:21am
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Pohjois-Savo#Norra Savolax
Name Kunta	Varkaus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pussilanjoki	3.9 km	North
2 Kuvansi	5.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Joroinen	15.3 km	South
4 Sorsakoski	18 km	NorthWest
5 Leppävirta	19.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	284 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	364 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Stockholm	Sweden	627 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 183 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Saimaa (5276 km² at a height of around 75 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 127.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 178 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Pohjois-Savon järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 270 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Varkaus Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.8 km2

46.8%

Nature

3.5 km2

4.5%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

1.7 km2

2.2%

Urban area

19.5 km2

24.8%

Water - Lakes

15.7 km2

20%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Varkaus in country Finland

Varkaus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	139 km	WestSouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	153 km	South
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	285 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ruokojrvi ja Mula	FI	2 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Varkaus
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Varkaus

Type of weather in Varkaus	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	17 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	03:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam