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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.622,Lat: 49.2222
Elevation	325 meter above sea level
Local time	14:09:05pm
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Žilina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hričovské Podhradie

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dolný Hričov	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Paština Závada	1.6 km	SouthEast
3 Kotešová	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Hlboké nad Váhom	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Ovčiarsko	3.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	164 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	195 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	201 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 534 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vah, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Hričov (1.4 km² at a distance of 5.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Minčol with a height of 1364 meter (at a distance of 18.6 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Czech border with a straight distance of 21.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 79%, low mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 127 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32 km2

40.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

37.3 km2

47.5%

Urban area

7.8 km2

9.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hričovské Podhradie in country Slovakia

Hričovské Podhradie at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	52 km	EastSouthEast
2 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	69 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	87 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Strazovske vrchy	SK	0.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veľká Kotešová

Type of weather in Veľká Kotešová	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	04:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:25 Europe/Amsterdam