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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1837,Lat: 53.6058
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	11:10:00am
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	Dublin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fingal
Name	Balbriggan Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skerries	5.7 km	SouthEast
2 Stamullin	5.8 km	NorthWest
3 Lusk	9 km	South
4 Julianstown	9.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Rush	11.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	31 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	112 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	128 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Balbriggan lies at the Irish Sea (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Poullaphuca (19.7 km² at a distance of 51.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 52.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

41.4 km2

85%

Urban area

5.3 km2

10.9%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balbriggan in country Ireland

Balbriggan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	20 km	NorthWest
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	137 km	SouthEast
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	148 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
River Nanny Estuary and Shore SPA	IE	5.4 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balbriggan

Type of weather in Balbriggan	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam