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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.4879,Lat: 53.3642
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	3:39:06am
Population	16000 (10th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	Mid-East
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kildare
Name	Leixlip

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Celbridge	4.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dunboyne	6.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Maynooth	7.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Newcastle	7.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Rathcoole	9.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	15 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	142 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	159 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Poullaphuca (19.7 km² at a distance of 20.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kippure with a height of 757 meter (at a distance of 23.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 75.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 16 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

52.6 km2

67%

Urban area

18.1 km2

23%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leixlip in country Ireland

Leixlip 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	37 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	149 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	160 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC	IE	0.2 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leixlip

Type of weather in Leixlip	few clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam