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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2196,Lat: 53.4593
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	15:19:08pm
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	Dublin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fingal
Name	Swords Village

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kinsaley	4.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Malahide	4.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Donabate	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Portmarnock	6.5 km	SouthEast
5 Kilsallaghan	6.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	15 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	128 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	138 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Swords lies at the Irish Sea (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Poullaphuca (19.7 km² at a distance of 35.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 67.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 5.4 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

50.5 km2

67.3%

Urban area

12.6 km2

16.9%

Infrastructure

6.4 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swords in country Ireland

Swords 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	30 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	134 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	145 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Malahide Estuary SAC	IE	1.1 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Swords

Type of weather in Swords	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam