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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.4677,Lat: 38.2361
Elevation	170 meter above sea level
Local time	17:18:03pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Messina

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Serro	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Calvaruso	2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Orto Liuzzo Mare	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Villafranca Tirrena	2.7 km	West
5 Salice	2.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	272 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	476 km	NorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	479 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Siderno Superiore (0.5 km² at a height of around 74 meter above sea level) at a distance of 70.7 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pace with a height of 418 meter (at a distance of 5.7 km and direction NorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 48.1 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 428.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 600 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 39%, hill: 52%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.4 km2

22.8%

Nature

19.8 km2

31.3%

Agriculture

21.9 km2

34.5%

Urban area

6.5 km2

10.3%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gesso in country Italy

Gesso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	54 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	68 km	SouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	131 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare	IT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villafranca Tirrena

Type of weather in Villafranca Tirrena	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:54 Europe/Amsterdam