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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.253,Lat: 57.9196
Elevation	47 meter above sea level
Local time	23:27:45pm
Name province/region	Rūjienas novads
Name Subregion	Vilpulkas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vilpulka	5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rūjiena	5.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Eriņi	6.3 km	East
4 Jeri	7.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Sēļi	8.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	126 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	171 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	252 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Estonia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Rūjas dīķi (0.6 km² at a distance of 4.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 135 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 72 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.2 km2

41%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

39.4 km2

50.2%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Virķēni in country Latvia

Virķēni at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	127 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	141 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	172 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rujas paliene	LV	3.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rūjiena

Type of weather in Rūjiena	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	04:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:14 Europe/Amsterdam