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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.1547,Lat: 45.2805
Elevation	838 meter above sea level
Local time	18:33:39pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Argeş
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Stoeneşti
Other place with same name 1	Piatra Maramureş - Remeţi
Other place with same name 2	Piatra Bistriţa-Năsaud - Chiuza
Other place with same name 3	Piatra Prahova - Proviţa de Jos
Other place with same name 4	Piatra Prahova - Cocorăştii Colţ
Other place with same name 5	Piatra Argeş - Ciofrângeni
Other place with same name 6	Piatra Dâmboviţa - Runcu
Other place with same name 7	Piatra Constanţa - Mihail Kogălniceanu
Other place with same name 8	Piatra Olt - Piatra-Olt
Other place with same name 9	Piatra Teleorman - Piatra
Other place with same name 10	Piatra Orhei - Piatra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Slobozia	2 km	East
2 Pietroasa	2.7 km	SouthWest
3 Stoeneşti	2.8 km	SouthEast
4 Valea Bădenilor	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Bădeni	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	119 km	SouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	325 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chişinău	Moldova	347 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 294 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Arges, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Râuşor (2.2 km² at a distance of 13.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 163.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 229 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 63%, moderate high mountains: 37%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 107 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 56 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28 km2

35.7%

Nature

8.1 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

31.8 km2

40.4%

Urban area

7.7 km2

9.7%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piatra in country Romania

Piatra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	90 km	WestSouthWest
2 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	99 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	108 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rul Trgului - Arge?el - Ru?or	RO	9.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stoeneşti

Type of weather in Stoeneşti	few clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:44 Europe/Amsterdam