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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.6842,Lat: 56.4112
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	20:00:54pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Jelgavas novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Elejas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mazplatone	3.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Sidrabe	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Bērvircava	4.1 km	East
4 Lielplatone	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Sesava	8.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	67 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	215 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	341 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 62 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lielupe. The nearest bigger lake is Gulbju ezers (0.6 km² at a distance of 19.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.8 km2

18.8%

Nature

6.9 km2

8.8%

Agriculture

54 km2

68.7%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eleja in country Latvia

Eleja at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	66 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	185 km	SouthEast
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	212 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vilce	LV	8.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jelgavas novads

Type of weather in Jelgavas novads	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	987 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:06 Europe/Amsterdam