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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.6038,Lat: 41.0769
Elevation	253 meter above sea level
Local time	17:04:36pm
Name province/region (Regione)	Basilicata
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Potenza
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Melfi
Other place with same name 1	Leonessa Lazio - Rieti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zona 179	8.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Melfi	9.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Candela	10.1 km	NorthWest
4 Monteverde	10.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Rocchetta Sant'Antonio	12.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	275 km	WestNorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	279 km	WestNorthWest
3 Podgorica	Montenegro	342 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Ofanto, Fortore, Tri*, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di San Pietro (0.5 km² at a height of around 406 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Vulture with a height of 1327 meter (at a distance of 14.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Croatian-Bosnian border with a straight distance of 263.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 369 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 78%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 113 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Foggia Gino Lisa Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

70.7 km2

89.9%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leonessa in country Italy

Leonessa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Castel del Monte	Italy	56 km	East
2 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	92 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	96 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle Ofanto - Lago di Capaciotti	IT	2.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melfi

Type of weather in Melfi	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam