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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.2475,Lat: 49.2042
Elevation	468 meter above sea level
Local time	21:25:19pm
Name province/region (Kraj)	Žilinský kraj
Wiki-website Subregion (Okres)	Dolný Kubín
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Veličná

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oravská Poruba	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Istebné	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Párnica	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dolný Kubín	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Žaškov	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	190 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	197 km	SouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	239 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 559 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.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 Bešeňová (1.3 km² at a distance of 18.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Minčol with a height of 1396 meter (at a distance of 7.5 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 23.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 22%, low mountains: 75%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Outer Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.2 km2

20.6%

Nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

49.9 km2

63.5%

Urban area

8.7 km2

11%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veličná in country Slovakia

Veličná at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	19 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	27 km	NorthEast
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	80 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Orava	SK	0.3 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veľký Bysterec

Type of weather in Veľký Bysterec	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:55 Europe/Amsterdam