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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.4022,Lat: 57.2394
Elevation	113 meter above sea level
Local time	18:00:00pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Gulbenes novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Lizuma

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sinole	5.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lizums	5.8 km	South
3 Tirza	11.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Lejasciems	11.3 km	NorthEast
5 Galgauska	12.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	141 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	264 km	NorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	292 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 120 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Augulienas ezers (0.7 km² at a distance of 17.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 31.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 151 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.7 km2

56.9%

Nature

6.8 km2

8.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

26.5 km2

33.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velēna in country Latvia

Velēna at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	131 km	NorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	142 km	WestSouthWest
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	203 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Priedes	LV	9.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lejasciems

Type of weather in Lejasciems	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	986 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:50 Europe/Amsterdam