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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.4088,Lat: 65.282
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	19:49:27pm
Name province/region (Län)	Norrbottens län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Piteå

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bergsviken	2.9 km	NorthWest
2 Piteå	4.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Blåsmark	5.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Hemmingsmark	8.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Svensbyn	8.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	599 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	676 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	688 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tornionjoki coastal: Byske, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Gammelstadsfjärden (41.7 km² at a distance of 43.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 135.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 190 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 35%, low location: 65%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Norrbotten

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 500 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Luleå Airport (at a distance of 44 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.4 km2

52.7%

Nature

3.8 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

7.3 km2

9.3%

Urban area

10.9 km2

13.9%

Water - Lakes

13 km2

16.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hortlax in country Sweden

Hortlax at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	49 km	NorthNorthEast
2 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	220 km	South
3 Laponian Area	Sweden	287 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Svensbyfjrden	SE	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hortlax

Type of weather in Hortlax	snow
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	985 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	08:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:04 Europe/Amsterdam