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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1908,Lat: 53.6314
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	16:49:25pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Roscommon
Name	Roscommon Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Strokestown	17.3 km	NorthEast
2 Castlereagh	25.3 km	NorthWest
3 Longford	27.8 km	East
4 Athlone	28.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Ballymahon	29.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	131 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	183 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	250 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 64 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Ree (106.2 km² at a distance of 8.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 68.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 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.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Roscommon Town and Hinterland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ireland West Knock Airport (at a distance of 52 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.4%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

69.8 km2

88.9%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Roscommon in country Ireland

Roscommon 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	115 km	East
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	212 km	NorthEast
3 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	261 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Ree SAC	IE	3.8 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roscommon

Type of weather in Roscommon	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	09:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:27 Europe/Amsterdam