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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3494,Lat: 53.7141
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:14:47pm
Population	26000 (6th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Louth
Name	Fair Gate

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Julianstown	6.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Termonfeckin	7.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Duleek	7.8 km	SouthWest
4 Stamullin	11.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Clogherhead	11.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	43 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	102 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	132 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Ramor (7.1 km² at a distance of 46.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 38.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 33 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

61 km2

77.6%

Urban area

12.4 km2

15.8%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Drogheda in country Ireland

Drogheda 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	7.1 km	West
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	151 km	SouthEast
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	162 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC	IE	0 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Drogheda

Type of weather in Drogheda	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:23 Europe/Amsterdam