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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.6587,Lat: 50.2863
Elevation	221 meter above sea level
Local time	12:35:28pm
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	M. Gliwice
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	M. Gliwice

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Żernica	5.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Knurów	7.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Szałsza	7.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Kozłów	7.2 km	West
5 Przyszowice	7.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	263 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Warszawa	Poland	272 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Wien	Austria	285 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 441 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Oder main - Upper - Nysa Klodzka, part of the larger catchment area Oder. The nearest bigger lake is Zbiornik Dzierżno Duże (6.3 km² at a height of around 16 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 40.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pozaalpejska Europa Srodkowa - Wyzyna Slasko-Krakowska - Wyzyna Slaska - Wyzyna Katowicka

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 37 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

7.4%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

38.4%

Urban area

32.1 km2

40.9%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gliwice in country Poland

Gliwice at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	22 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	46 km	EastSouthEast
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	86 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Podziemia Tarnogórsko-Bytomskie	PL	15 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gliwice

Type of weather in Gliwice	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	05:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:01 Europe/Amsterdam