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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.6,Lat: 50.1586
Elevation	269 meter above sea level
Local time	1:21:53am
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Rybnicki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wilcza	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Czerwionka - Leszczyny	4.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Przegędza	4.7 km	SouthEast
4 Stanowice	6.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Kuźnia Nieborowska	6.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	249 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Wien	Austria	271 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Warszawa	Poland	286 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 455 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 Zalew Rybnicki (4.6 km² at a height of around 17 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 26.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Pozaalpejska Europa Srodkowa - Wyzyna Slasko-Krakowska - Wyzyna Slaska - Plaskowyz Rybnicki

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 49 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.6 km2

39%

Agriculture

31.5 km2

40.1%

Urban area

15.5 km2

19.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Książenice in country Poland

Książenice 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	36 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	43 km	East
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	83 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stawy Lezczok	PL	22 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Książenice

Type of weather in Książenice	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	05:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:05 Europe/Amsterdam