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General information - Location

Country	Czech Republic
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.8628,Lat: 49.8435
Elevation	406 meter above sea level
Local time	11:06:09am
Name province/region	Pardubický
Name Subregion	Chrudim
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Miřetice

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bošov	1.2 km	NorthEast
2 Miřetice	1.6 km	East
3 Ctětín	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Dachov	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Včelákov	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	107 km	West
2 Wien	Austria	186 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	208 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 426 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Upper - Ohre, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodní nádrž Seč I (1.8 km² at a height of around 490 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Devět skal with a height of 836 meter (at a distance of 22.7 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 61.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 74%, low mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Václav Havel Airport Prague (at a distance of 118 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pardubice Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.9 km2

39.4%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

43.7 km2

55.6%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Švihov in country Czech-republic

Švihov at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora	Czechia	30 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Litomyšl Castle	Czechia	33 km	East
3 Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem	Czechia	36 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hlubok rybnk	CZ	2.6 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Miřetice

Type of weather in Miřetice	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	05:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:18 Europe/Amsterdam