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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.9786,Lat: 57.3633
Elevation	57 meter above sea level
Local time	23:07:54pm
Name province/region	Pārgaujas novads
Name Subregion	Straupes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Straupe	1.8 km	SouthWest
2 Stalbe	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Rozula	4.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Kūdums	8.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Auciems	10.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	68 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	230 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	297 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Riebiņu ezers (0.7 km² at a distance of 1.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 65.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 78 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.1 km2

44.6%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

40.5 km2

51.6%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plācis in country Latvia

Plācis at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	69 km	SouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	205 km	North
3 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	205 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gaujas nacionalais parks	LV	0 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Līgatne

Type of weather in Līgatne	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	16 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	04:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:29 Europe/Amsterdam