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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.6425,Lat: 44.4735
Elevation	173 meter above sea level
Local time	22:28:09pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Olt
Wiki-website Subregion (Oraş)	Potcoava
Other place with same name 1	Potcoava Călăraşi - Independenţa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valea Merilor	1.5 km	East
2 Trufineşti	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Potcoava Fălcoeni	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Sineşti	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ursoaia	4.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	116 km	East
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	226 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	333 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 km (direction EastSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main lower 1 - Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osum, Yantra, Rusenski Lom, Vedea, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Slatina (6.2 km² at a distance of 23.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 79.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 111 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 71%, hill: 29%, The hills are mainly southern 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 115 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 63 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

63 km2

80.2%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.7%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Potcoava in country Romania

Potcoava at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	93 km	NorthWest
2 Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	135 km	EastSouthEast
3 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	164 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rul Vedea	RO	7.4 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Potcoava

Type of weather in Potcoava	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:49 Europe/Amsterdam