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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.6816,Lat: 45.1123
Elevation	466 meter above sea level
Local time	2:19:40am
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Prahova
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Proviţa de Jos
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 - Cocorăştii Colţ
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 Drăgăneasa	0.9 km	South
2 Proviţa de Jos	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Poiana Câmpina	3.2 km	NorthEast
4 Pietrişu	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Răgman	3.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	82 km	SouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	326 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	331 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 249 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 (reservoir) is Paltinu (2.1 km² at a distance of 15.5 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Rusetu with a height of 602 meter (at a distance of 12.6 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 130 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 57%, low mountains: 43%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 68 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 67 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.4 km2

47.6%

Nature

4.4 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

23.9 km2

30.4%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

4.2 km2

5.4%

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	131 km	West
2 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	134 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	141 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cheile Doftanei	RO	11 km	NorthNorthEast

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

Type of weather in
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	mb
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Daylength at 24 November 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam