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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.6717,Lat: 57.1842
Elevation	98 meter above sea level
Local time	7:31:20am
Name province/region	Viļakas novads
Name Subregion	Viļaka

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barisova	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Semenova	5.9 km	South
3 Vecumi	6.9 km	NorthEast
4 Žīguri	9.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Kuprava	12 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	216 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	306 km	NorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	314 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 197 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Narva main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Viļakas ezers (1.4 km² at a height of around 86 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 7.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 226 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.8 km2

17.6%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

60.6 km2

77.2%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viļaka in country Latvia

Viļaka at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	80 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	216 km	WestSouthWest
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	224 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vecumu mezi	LV	6 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilyaka

Type of weather in Vilyaka	few clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	04:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:57 Europe/Amsterdam