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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.0882,Lat: 46.0666
Elevation	737 meter above sea level
Local time	4:02:06am
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Covasna
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Sânzieni

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valea Seacă	3.1 km	NorthEast
2 Caşinu Mic	3.6 km	East
3 Sânzieni	4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Turia	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Poian	5.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	182 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	238 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	437 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 273 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lacul Sfânta Ana (0.7 km² at a distance of 15.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pasul Oituz with a height of 868 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Moldavian border with a straight distance of 154.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 216 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Outer Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 166 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 60 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.8 km2

30.3%

Nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

44.8 km2

57%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petriceni in country Romania

Petriceni at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	101 km	West
2 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	102 km	West
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	190 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valea Rului Negru	RO	3.3 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sânzieni

Type of weather in Sânzieni	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:31 Europe/Amsterdam