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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.6076,Lat: 57.2563
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	9:39:27am
Name province/region	Ventspils novads
Name Subregion	Vārves

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ventava	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Piltene	5.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Vārve	6.3 km	NorthWest
4 Tārgale	8.6 km	North
5 Ziras	9.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	156 km	East
2 Tallinn	Estonia	300 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	306 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 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 19.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 96.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 135 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 12 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.4 km2

14.4%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

55 km2

70%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zūras in country Latvia

Zūras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	156 km	East
2 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	204 km	West
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	224 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Uzava	LV	11 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piltene

Type of weather in Piltene	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	16 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	04:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam