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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.3564,Lat: 43.8961
Elevation	458 meter above sea level
Local time	18:43:03pm
Name province/region	Toscana
Name Subregion	Firenze
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Borgo San Lorenzo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mulinaccio	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bivigliano	2.7 km	West
3 Caselline	3.6 km	SouthWest
4 Olmo	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Fontebuona	5.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Marino	San-marino	88 km	East
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	238 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Roma	Italy	241 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 89 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northern Appenines - Thyrrhenian and Ligurian Sea, part of the larger catchment area Northern Appenines River Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Bilancino (2.7 km² at a height of around 244 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Giovi with a height of 992 meter (at a distance of 7.9 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the San Marine-Italian border with a straight distance of 84.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 118 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 60%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Peretola Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

56 km2

71.3%

Nature

2.4 km2

Agriculture

19.5 km2

24.9%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.3%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polcanto in country Italy

Polcanto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany	Italy	6 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Florence	Italy	16 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of San Gimignano	Italy	54 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Poggio Ripaghera - Santa Brigida	IT	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vaglia

Type of weather in Vaglia	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:23 Europe/Amsterdam