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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.6455,Lat: 57.331
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	6:21:55am
Name province/region (Novads)	Ventspils novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Tārgales

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dokupe	4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vārve	6 km	SouthWest
3 Ventspils	8.3 km	NorthWest
4 Zūras	8.6 km	South
5 Ventava	11.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	156 km	East
2 Tallinn	Estonia	292 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	301 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Būšnieku ezers (3.7 km² at a distance of 11.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 103.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 85%, low location: 15%, 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 148 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ventspils International Airport (at a distance of 6.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

10%

Nature

2 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

65.1 km2

82.9%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tārgale in country Latvia

Tārgale at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	155 km	East
2 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	204 km	West
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	233 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Platenes purvs	LV	6.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ventspils

Type of weather in Ventspils	clear sky
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:49 Europe/Amsterdam