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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.559,Lat: 46.9627
Elevation	791 meter above sea level
Local time	3:28:12am
Name province/region	Harghita
Name Subregion	Borsec

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Secu	6.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Capu Corbului	6.9 km	NorthEast
3 Răchitiş	10.1 km	NorthWest
4 Corbu	10.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Fundoaia	11 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chişinău	Moldova	250 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bucureşti	Romania	284 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	465 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 349 km (direction EastSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Ukraine.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Siret - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lacul Roşu (0.6 km² at a distance of 26 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Ukranian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 93.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 2%, moderate high mountains: 98%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Outer Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 269 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Suceava Stefan cel Mare Airport (at a distance of 101 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

54.6 km2

69.4%

Nature

8.2 km2

10.4%

Agriculture

13.2 km2

16.8%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Borsec in country Romania

Borsec at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of Moldavia	Romania	92 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	102 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	110 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Topli?a - Scaunul Rotund Borsec	RO	0.5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Borsec

Type of weather in Borsec	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	04:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam