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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2068,Lat: 45.8141
Elevation	247 meter above sea level
Local time	7:44:11am
Name province/region	Hunedoara
Name Subregion	Beriu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beriu	2.9 km	South
2 Orăştie	2.9 km	NorthWest
3 Sereca	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Tămăşasa	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Orăştioara de Jos	5.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	244 km	SouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	273 km	EastSouthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	347 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 456 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mures, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Teliuc (2.5 km² at a distance of 29.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Brusturetu with a height of 1279 meter (at a distance of 13.6 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 135.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 190 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, 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
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (at a distance of 253 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 69 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.5 km2

28.7%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.9%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

42.7 km2

54.4%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.5%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Căstău in country Romania

Căstău at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	23 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	55 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	94 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piemontul Mun?ilor Metaliferi - Vin?u	RO	7.2 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orăştie

Type of weather in Orăştie	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	05:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:39 Europe/Amsterdam