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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.2215,Lat: 38.2503
Elevation	131 meter above sea level
Local time	7:43:16am
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Reggio di Calabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Locri

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Merici	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Gerace	2.3 km	North
3 Bagni-Minerali	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Cavuria	2.6 km	NorthWest
5 Portigliola	3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	302 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	462 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	512 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. 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 6.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Aria d.Vento with a height of 1023 meter (at a distance of 15.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 367.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 515 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 73%, hill: 22%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 134 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 54 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

4.1%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

61.8 km2

81.3%

Urban area

2 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

3.4 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merici in country Italy

Merici at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	115 km	West
2 Mount Etna	Italy	122 km	WestSouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	156 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallata del Novito e Monte Mutolo	IT	3.1 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gerace

Type of weather in Gerace	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:49 Europe/Amsterdam