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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.0737,Lat: 38.4053
Elevation	238 meter above sea level
Local time	14:22:07pm
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Reggio di Calabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Polistena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Giorgio Morgeto	1.8 km	SouthEast
2 Cinque Frondi	2 km	NorthEast
3 Anoia Inferiore	3.3 km	North
4 Melicucco	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Anoia Superiore	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	310 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	458 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	491 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 1, 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 20.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Seduto with a height of 1143 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 372 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 521 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 33%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 137 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 53 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.3 km2

13.1%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

62.7 km2

79.8%

Urban area

5.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polistena in country Italy

Polistena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	99 km	West
2 Mount Etna	Italy	119 km	SouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	164 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallone Fusolano (Cinquefrondi)	IT	3.7 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Polistena

Type of weather in Polistena	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	34 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:51 Europe/Amsterdam