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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.452,Lat: 38.4125
Elevation	205 meter above sea level
Local time	0:46:41am
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Reggio di Calabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Placanica

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stignano	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Riace	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Camini	3.4 km	NorthEast
4 Titi	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Ursini	4.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	328 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	435 km	NorthEast
3 Podgorica	Montenegro	507 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lacina (3.9 km² at a height of around 990 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pecoraro with a height of 1423 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 341.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 478 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 46%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Southern Apennines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 162 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 57 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.3%

Nature

16 km2

20.3%

Agriculture

57 km2

72.6%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Placanica in country Italy

Placanica at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	133 km	West
2 Mount Etna	Italy	148 km	SouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	182 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallata dello Stilaro	IT	6.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Placanica

Type of weather in Placanica	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:46 Europe/Amsterdam