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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.7447,Lat: 56.2463
Elevation	82 meter above sea level
Local time	10:18:17am
Name province/region (Apskritis)	Šiauliai
Wiki-website Subregion (Rajono savivaldybė)	Akmenė
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Akmenė

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Akmenė II	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Akmenė III	2.3 km	NorthEast
3 Padvarėliai	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dabikinė	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Gailaičiai	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	116 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	234 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	372 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 95 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vadakstes ūdenskrātuve (0.5 km² at a distance of 13.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 12.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 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 106 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.5 km2

28.6%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

49.2 km2

62.6%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Akmenė in country Lithuania

Akmenė at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	115 km	NorthEast
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	155 km	SouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	201 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kamanu pelke	LT	3.2 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Akmenė

Type of weather in Akmenė	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:07 Europe/Amsterdam