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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.2329,Lat: 57.9633
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	15:05:27pm
Name province/region	Rūjienas novads
Name Subregion	Vilpulkas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Virķēni	5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ipiķi	6.1 km	NorthWest
3 Rūjiena	9.5 km	SouthEast
4 Eriņi	9.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lode	9.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	130 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	166 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	247 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 46 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Estonia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Rūjas dīķi (0.6 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 3.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.1 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 138 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 68 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.9 km2

44.4%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

38.6 km2

49.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilpulka in country Latvia

Vilpulka at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	131 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	138 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	167 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rujas paliene	LV	8.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rūjiena

Type of weather in Rūjiena	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	36 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	03:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam