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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.3854,Lat: 56.8551
Elevation	104 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:03pm
Name province/region	Saldus novads
Name Subregion	Šķēdes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jaunlutriņi	3.4 km	SouthEast
2 Ošenieki	7.8 km	SouthWest
3 Vārme	9.1 km	West
4 Satiķi	10.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Kabile	11 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	106 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	300 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	316 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 59 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Rimzātu dīķi (0.5 km² at a distance of 17.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Smiltiņkalns with a height of 155 meter (at a distance of 22 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 49.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 97 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

17.5%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

59 km2

75.1%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Šķēde in country Latvia

Šķēde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	106 km	EastNorthEast
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	197 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	262 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Matkules mezi	LV	13 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brocēni

Type of weather in Brocēni	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	04:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:06 Europe/Amsterdam