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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.6704,Lat: 40.2087
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	0:08:02am
Name province/region	Basilicata
Name Subregion	Matera
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Policoro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lido	4.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Scanzano Jonico	5.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Nova Siri Scalo	9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Montalbano Jonico	12 km	NorthWest
5 Tavolaro	12.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	295 km	EastNorthEast
2 Podgorica	Montenegro	331 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	398 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sinni, Agri, Basento*, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Gannano (0.8 km² at a height of around 110 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cozzo Iazzelli with a height of 289 meter (at a distance of 17.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Montenegrin-Croatian border with a straight distance of 291.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 408 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 44%, low location: 56%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Naples International Airport (at a distance of 215 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7 km2

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

61.4 km2

79%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.8%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Policoro in country Italy

Policoro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	51 km	North
2 The Trulli of Alberobello	Italy	80 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Castel del Monte	Italy	102 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Ionica Foce Agri	IT	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Policoro
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Policoro

Type of weather in Policoro	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:54 Europe/Amsterdam