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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.8119,Lat: 39.0998
Elevation	290 meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:36pm
Name province/region (Regione)	Calabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Crotone
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Petilia Policastro
Other place with same name 1	Foresta Calabria - Cosenza

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Petilia Policastro	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mesoraca	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Camellino	5.1 km	NorthWest
4 Arietta	5.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Località San Demetrio	6.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	358 km	NorthEast
2 Valletta	Malta	409 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Podgorica	Montenegro	425 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ampollino (4.4 km² at a height of around 1278 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Gariglione with a height of 1765 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 285 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 399 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 32%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 238 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Crotone Airport (at a distance of 26 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.8 km2

11.2%

Nature

2.3 km2

Agriculture

65.1 km2

82.9%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foresta in country Italy

Foresta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	174 km	North
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	177 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	186 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marchesato e Fiume Neto	IT	1.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Petilia Policastro

Type of weather in Petilia Policastro	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam