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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.6539,Lat: 55.9829
Elevation	143 meter above sea level
Local time	15:17:49pm
Name province/region	Šiauliai
Name Subregion	Šiauliai
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Raudėnai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vainočiai	4.9 km	West
2 Raudėnai	5.3 km	NorthEast
3 Kaunatava	5.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Upyna	5.6 km	South
5 Pabalvė	5.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	141 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	218 km	EastSouthEast
3 Minsk	Belarus	391 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 99 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Paežerių ež. (1.6 km² at a distance of 9 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Šatrija with a height of 229 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 41.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 132 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.9 km2

29.1%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

3.5 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

47.7 km2

60.7%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Girkautai in country Lithuania

Girkautai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	132 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	141 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	184 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gelžes miškas	LT	5.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kuršėnai

Type of weather in Kuršėnai	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	04:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:03 Europe/Amsterdam