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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.3911,Lat: 50.8419
Elevation	255 meter above sea level
Local time	2:12:39am
Name province/region	Opolskie
Name Subregion	Oleski
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Olesno

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wachowice	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Leśna	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Wysoka	3.2 km	East
4 Łowoszów	4.1 km	NorthWest
5 Grodzisko	4.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Warszawa	Poland	238 km	NorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	294 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	314 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 382 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 Turawa (18.1 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 75.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 Woznicko-Wielunska - Próg Woznicki

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 64 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.5 km2

52.9%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

32.1 km2

40.9%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wachów in country Poland

Wachów 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	55 km	SouthEast
2 Centennial Hall in Wrocław	Poland	97 km	WestNorthWest
3 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	105 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Szumirad	PL	6.6 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gmina Olesno

Type of weather in Gmina Olesno	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:05 Europe/Amsterdam