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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 28.177,Lat: 61.5242
Elevation	99 meter above sea level
Local time	22:04:23pm
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Savo#Södra Savolax
Name Kunta	Puumala

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Anttola	29 km	West
2 Sulkava	30.7 km	North
3 Taipalsaari	41.1 km	South
4 Ruokolahti	43.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Saimaanharju	43.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	230 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	301 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	557 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 92 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Saimaa (5276 km² at a height of around 75 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 56.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 80 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Suur-Saimaan seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 219 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lappeenranta Airport (at a distance of 54 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.8 km2

53.2%

Agriculture

1.8 km2

2.2%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

32.9 km2

41.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Puumala in country Finland

Puumala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	96 km	SouthWest
2 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	178 km	WestNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russian Federation	212 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lietvesi	FI	0.2 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Puumala

Type of weather in Puumala	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	15 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	04:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:01 Europe/Amsterdam