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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.1595,Lat: 55.1336
Elevation	227 meter above sea level
Local time	21:35:00pm
Name province/region	Vilnius
Name Subregion	Švenčionys
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Švenčionys

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zadvarninkai	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Cirkliškis	2 km	SouthWest
3 Naujas Strūnaitis	7.1 km	South
4 Šventa	7.1 km	North
5 Milkuškos	7.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	75 km	SouthWest
2 Minsk	Belarus	168 km	SouthEast
3 Rīga	Latvia	240 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 251 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Viliya, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is Sarių ež. (0.7 km² at a distance of 8.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Lithuanian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 5.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.5 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 62%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.8%

Nature

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

50.4 km2

64.2%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Švenčionys in country Lithuania

Švenčionys at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	74 km	SouthWest
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	89 km	WestSouthWest
3 Mir Castle Complex	Belarus	189 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Setikes upe ir jos slenis	LT	6.5 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Švenčionys

Type of weather in Švenčionys	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	04:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:48 Europe/Amsterdam