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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5653,Lat: 53.199
Elevation	96 meter above sea level
Local time	12:23:27pm
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galway
Name	Loughrea Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Craughwell	11.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Athenry	16.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Clarinbridge	21.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Gort	22.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Portumna	25.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	153 km	East
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	233 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	289 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Rea (3 km² at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 122.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 172 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.1%

Nature

5.2 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

65.3 km2

83.1%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.8%

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Loughrea in country Ireland

Loughrea 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	150 km	East
2 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	208 km	SouthWest
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	266 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Rea SPA	IE	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Loughrea

Type of weather in Loughrea	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam