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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.27,Lat: 49.6987
Elevation	411 meter above sea level
Local time	22:49:59pm
Name province/region	Śląskie
Name Subregion	Żywiecki
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gilowice

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rychwałdek	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Łękawica	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gilowice	3.1 km	NorthEast
4 Pewel Mała	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Okrajnik	4.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	235 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	245 km	South
3 Wien	Austria	270 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 504 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Zbiornik Żywiecki (9.3 km² at a height of around 6 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilsko with a height of 1557 meter (at a distance of 19.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 15.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 82%, low mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Outer Western Carpathians
Region karpacki - Zewnetrzne Karpaty Zachodnie - Beskidy Zachodnie - Kotlina Zywiecka

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Agriculture

59 km2

75.1%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.1%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rychwałd in country Poland

Rychwałd at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	34 km	NorthEast
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	38 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	45 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Beskid Zywiecki	PL	4.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Łękawica

Type of weather in Łękawica	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:09 Europe/Amsterdam