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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.2949,Lat: 53.0331
Elevation	140 meter above sea level
Local time	1:05:10am
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Midland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Laois
Name	Portlaoighise Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mountmellick	9.6 km	North
2 Stradbally	9.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Mountrath	12.5 km	West
4 Abbeyleix	13.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Portarlington	15.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	76 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	196 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	224 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 79 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Eastern. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Ennell (Loch Ainninn) (11.5 km² at a distance of 46.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 120.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 169 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 81 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

Nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

3.8 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

57.2 km2

72.9%

Urban area

9.4 km2

11.9%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portlaoise in country Ireland

Portlaoise 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	93 km	NorthEast
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	202 km	East
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	213 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
River Barrow and River Nore SAC	IE	8.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portlaoise

Type of weather in Portlaoise	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam