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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.9678,Lat: 50.5947
Elevation	302 meter above sea level
Local time	18:27:28pm
Name province/region (Województwo)	Śląskie
Wiki-website Subregion (Powiat)	Lubliniecki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Woźniki
Other place with same name 1	Piasek Warmińsko-mazurskie - Bartoszycki
Other place with same name 2	Piasek Zachodniopomorskie - Gryfiński
Other place with same name 3	Piasek Świętokrzyskie - Konecki
Other place with same name 4	Piasek Śląskie - Częstochowski
Other place with same name 5	Piasek Śląskie - Pszczyński

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Psary	2.1 km	North
2 Lubsza	2.8 km	NorthEast
3 Babienica	3.1 km	North
4 Kamienica	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Strzebiń	5.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Warszawa	Poland	231 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	304 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	326 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 405 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Oder main - Upper - Nysa Klodzka, part of the larger catchment area Oder. The nearest bigger lake is Zbiornik Kozłowa Góra (4.7 km² at a distance of 16.8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 80.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kraków-Czestochowa Upland
Pozaalpejska Europa Srodkowa - Wyzyna Slasko-Krakowska - Wyzyna Woznicko-Wielunska - Próg Woznicki

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.9 km2

50.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

34.5 km2

43.9%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piasek in country Poland

Piasek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	19 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	64 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Kraków	Poland	91 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bagno Bruch kolo Pyrzowic	PL	9.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Psary

Type of weather in Psary	few clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:51 Europe/Amsterdam