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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.6995,Lat: 66.3782
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	15:21:00pm
Name province/region	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Ylitornio#Övertorneå

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Övertorneå	3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ylitornio	6.3 km	South
3 Hedenäset	17.1 km	South
4 Juoksengi	21.6 km	North
5 Tallvik	38.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	695 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	777 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	837 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Sweden.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Torne main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Portimojärvi (3.5 km² at a height of around 62 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 0.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, 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
Peräpohjolan vaara- ja jokiseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 420 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kemi-Tornio Airport (at a distance of 78 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.8 km2

45.6%

Nature

12.7 km2

16.1%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

15.4 km2

19.6%

Urban area

5 km2

6.4%

Water - Lakes

8.7 km2

11.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aavasaksa in country Finland

Aavasaksa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	110 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	291 km	WestNorthWest
3 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	359 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Isovaara	SE	2.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matarengi

Type of weather in Matarengi	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	15 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	04:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:22 Europe/Amsterdam