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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.9418,Lat: 44.8399
Elevation	142 meter above sea level
Local time	18:24:37pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Prahova
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Cocorăştii Colţ
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 Argeş - Stoeneşti
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 Stejaru	1.7 km	East
2 Stănceşti	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Colţu de Jos	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Zahanaua	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Satu de Sus	3.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	47 km	SouthSouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	321 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chişinău	Moldova	333 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 220 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ialomita, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Iazul Morilor Prahova (8.3 km² at a distance of 6.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 94.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 32 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.9 km2

21.5%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

52.1 km2

66.3%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.6%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

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 Srebarna Nature Reserve	Bulgaria	120 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	125 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari	Bulgaria	142 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Ialomi?ei	RO	0 km	NorthEast

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 Târgşoru Vechi

Type of weather in Târgşoru Vechi	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:42 Europe/Amsterdam