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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 29.4799,Lat: 61.6018
Elevation	57 meter above sea level
Local time	1:21:55am
Name province/region	Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Karjala#Södra Karelen
Name Kunta	Parikkala

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Parikkala	5.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Akonpohja	15 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Punkaharju	17.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Rautjärvi	19.7 km	South
5 Elisenvaara	23.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	292 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	356 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	598 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lake Ladoga - Tributary 2, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Simpelejärvi (78.8 km² at a height of around 69 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 12.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 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
Laatokan-Karjalan seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pulkovo Airport (at a distance of 206 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Savonlinna Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.4 km2

48.9%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

14.9 km2

18.9%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

21.5 km2

27.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Särkisalmi in country Finland

Särkisalmi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	162 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russian Federation	191 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	238 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Siikalahti, Sammallampi, Rautalahti	FI	4.5 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Parikkala

Type of weather in Parikkala	few clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	03:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:10 Europe/Amsterdam