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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.4563,Lat: 65.3216
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	5:17:47am
Name province/region (Län)	Norrbottens län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Piteå

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bergsviken	3.8 km	SouthWest
2 Hortlax	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Böle	9.6 km	NorthWest
4 Blåsmark	9.9 km	SouthWest
5 Svensbyn	10.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	602 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	680 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	693 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Piteå lies at the Gulf of Bothnia (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Pite coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Gammelstadsfjärden (41.7 km² at a distance of 39.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 131.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 185 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 61%, low location: 39%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 497 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Luleå Airport (at a distance of 39 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.9 km2

34.2%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

7 km2

10%

Urban area

20.8 km2

29.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

Water - Lakes

12.3 km2

17.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piteå in country Sweden

Piteå at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	44 km	NorthNorthEast
2 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	225 km	South
3 Laponian Area	Sweden	285 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Svensbyfjrden	SE	2.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piteå

Type of weather in Piteå	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	3 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	09:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:12 Europe/Amsterdam