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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.0619,Lat: 47.1889
Elevation	274 meter above sea level
Local time	21:32:25pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Sălaj
Wiki-website Subregion (Municipiu)	Zalău

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aghireş	4.8 km	SouthWest
2 Crişeni	5.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Panic	5.5 km	West
4 Fetindia	6.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Moigrad-Porolissum	6.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	302 km	West
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	336 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bucureşti	Romania	385 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 535 km (direction East).The coastline is located in another country namely Ukraine.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tysa main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vârşolţ (4.3 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 72.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 101 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 93%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Transylvanian Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (at a distance of 288 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Satu Mare Airport (at a distance of 59 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.9%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

38.2 km2

48.7%

Viticulture

6.3 km2

Urban area

13.2 km2

16.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zalău in country Romania

Zalău at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	98 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Wooden Churches of Maramureş	Romania	103 km	NorthEast
3 Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta	Hungary	150 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rac? - Hida	RO	15 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zalău

Type of weather in Zalău	broken clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:39 Europe/Amsterdam