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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.5349,Lat: 56.3129
Elevation	93 meter above sea level
Local time	4:39:19am
Name province/region	Telšiai
Name Subregion	Mažeikiai
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mažeikiai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Žiogaičiai	4.1 km	West
2 Auksūdys	6.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Pakalupis	7.5 km	South
4 Laižuva	7.8 km	North
5 Jučiai	7.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	121 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	249 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	369 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 95 km (direction WestSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vadakstes ūdenskrātuve (0.5 km² at a distance of 14.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 8.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 111 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.8 km2

35.4%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.5%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Purvėnai in country Lithuania

Purvėnai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	120 km	NorthEast
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	152 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	215 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kamanu pelke	LT	1.7 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viekšniai

Type of weather in Viekšniai	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	16 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	04:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam