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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.7476,Lat: 56.3763
Elevation	88 meter above sea level
Local time	18:28:23pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Saldus novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Vadakstes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kivyliai	3 km	South
2 Agluonai	5.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Klykoliai	5.5 km	East
4 Jučiai	7 km	SouthWest
5 Ruba	7.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	106 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	245 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	358 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 83 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vadakstes ūdenskrātuve (0.5 km² at a distance of 0.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 0.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 96 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.1%

Nature

5.3 km2

6.8%

Agriculture

50 km2

63.6%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vadakste in country Latvia

Vadakste at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	105 km	NorthEast
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	166 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	212 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ventos vidurupis	LT	0.4 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Naujoji Akmenė

Type of weather in Naujoji Akmenė	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	987 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:10 Europe/Amsterdam