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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.3545,Lat: 45.4831
Elevation	909 meter above sea level
Local time	18:48:12pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Braşov
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Bran

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moieciu de Jos	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cheia	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bran	3.8 km	North
4 Moieciu de Sus	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Drumul Carului	4.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	130 km	SouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	321 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	352 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 288 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Boboci (2.1 km² at a distance of 15.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Caraiman with a height of 2284 meter (at a distance of 13.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 177.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 248 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 89%, high mountains: 5%, 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
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 116 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 28 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.3 km2

46.2%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

33.4 km2

42.5%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Şimon in country Romania

Şimon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	85 km	NorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	92 km	NorthWest
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	110 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bucegi	RO	1.2 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Moeciu de Jos

Type of weather in Moeciu de Jos	few clouds
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:43 Europe/Amsterdam