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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.0514,Lat: 44.0473
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	3:17:31am
Name province/region (Regione)	Toscana
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Massa-Carrara
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carrara

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marinella di Sarzana	2.8 km	West
2 Casano-Dogana-Isola	3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Fontia	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Nicola	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Luni Mare	3.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Marino	San-marino	193 km	East
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	215 km	West
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	308 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Carrara lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northern Appenines - Thyrrhenian and Ligurian Sea, part of the larger catchment area Northern Appenines River Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Vagli (1 km² at a height of around 654 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pisanino with a height of 1946 meter (at a distance of 16.5 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-French border with a straight distance of 187.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 262 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 47%, hill: 13%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pisa International Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.2 km2

18.3%

Nature

1 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

12.8 km2

23%

Viticulture

3.1 km2

5.5%

Urban area

26.5 km2

47.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carrara in country Italy

Carrara at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)	Italy	27 km	WestNorthWest
2 Piazza del Duomo, Pisa	Italy	45 km	SouthEast
3 Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena	Italy	96 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piana del Magra	IT	2.6 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

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Current weather at

Type of weather in
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	mb
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Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam