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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.4045,Lat: 45.4506
Elevation	716 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:24pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Hunedoara
Wiki-website Subregion (Oraş)	Petrila

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cimpa	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Jieţ	3.6 km	SouthEast
3 Petroşani	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Slătinioara	4.4 km	South
5 Răscoala	4.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	240 km	EastSouthEast
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	243 km	WestSouthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	306 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 430 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jiu, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Oasa (6.7 km² at a distance of 18.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 109.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 153 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 50%, moderate high mountains: 50%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 232 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 65 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.7 km2

37.8%

Nature

11.5 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

23.9 km2

30.4%

Urban area

13.5 km2

17.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petrila in country Romania

Petrila at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	20 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	56 km	EastSouthEast
3 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	97 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gradi?tea Muncelului - Cioclovina	RO	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Petrila

Type of weather in Petrila	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:51 Europe/Amsterdam