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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9107,Lat: 53.0962
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	8:09:25am
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	Midland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Offaly
Name	Birr Urban
Other place with same name 1	Birr Aargau - Brugg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Banagher	11.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Kilcormac	15.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Roscrea	17.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Borrisokane	18.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Ferbane	20.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	112 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	212 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	255 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 65 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Derg (Loch Deirgeirt) (118.4 km² at a distance of 16.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 117.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 164 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 Shannon Airport (at a distance of 81 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 72 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

Nature

6.2 km2

7.9%

Wet nature

6.1 km2

7.7%

Agriculture

58.1 km2

73.9%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birr in country Ireland

Birr at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	117 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	231 km	WestSouthWest
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	242 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dovegrove Callows SPA	IE	2.2 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Birr
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Birr

Type of weather in Birr	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	981 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	8 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	09:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:26 Europe/Amsterdam