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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.7278,Lat: 50.0997
Elevation	282 meter above sea level
Local time	0:31:55am
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Rybnicki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Szczejkowice	3.4 km	West
2 Bełk	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Orzesze	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Stanowice	5.1 km	NorthWest
5 Rudziczka	7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	247 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Wien	Austria	272 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Warszawa	Poland	286 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 461 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 14.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 22.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 76 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 49 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.2 km2

55%

Agriculture

27.5 km2

35%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palowice in country Poland

Palowice at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	33 km	East
2 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	39 km	North
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	72 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dolina Górnej Wisly	PL	19 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bełk

Type of weather in Bełk	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	04:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:31 Europe/Amsterdam