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General information - Location

Country	Hungary
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.7506,Lat: 48.1329
Elevation	216 meter above sea level
Local time	9:15:13am
Name province/region	Észak-Magyarország
Name Subregion	Nógrád
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salgótarjáni
Name	Karancsalja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Karancslapujtő	2.7 km	NorthWest
2 Etes	3.5 km	SouthWest
3 Karancskeszi	4.3 km	NorthWest
4 Karancsberény	5.5 km	North
5 Salgótarján	5.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	87 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	198 km	West
3 Wien	Austria	251 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 504 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 4 - Ipel, Hron, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Ľuboreč (0.7 km² at a distance of 24.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 90%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (at a distance of 87 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sliac Airport (at a distance of 72 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45 km2

57.2%

Nature

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

25 km2

31.8%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Karancsalja in country Hungary

Karancsalja at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings	Hungary	23 km	SouthWest
2 Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst	Hungary,Slovakia	67 km	NorthEast
3 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	73 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Karancs	HU	1.4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Karancslapujtő

Type of weather in Karancslapujtő	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	05:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:58 Europe/Amsterdam