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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2639,Lat: 57.0829
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	12:40:22pm
Name province/region	Engures novads
Name Subregion	Engures

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Apšuciems	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ķesterciems	4.2 km	NorthWest
3 Klapkalnciems	7.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Engure	9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Sēme	9.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	54 km	East
2 Tallinn	Estonia	273 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	294 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Plieņciems lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Engures ezers (22.9 km² at a distance of 12.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milzukalns with a height of 114 meter (at a distance of 9.9 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 76.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 107 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.1 km2

60%

Nature

9 km2

20%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

6.3 km2

14%

Urban area

1.3 km2

2.9%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plieņciems in country Latvia

Plieņciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	54 km	East
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	247 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	264 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plienciema kapa	LV	0.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Engure

Type of weather in Engure	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	04:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:16 Europe/Amsterdam