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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.3684,Lat: 45.4212
Elevation	642 meter above sea level
Local time	8:11:49am
Name province/region	Hunedoara
Name Subregion	Petroşani

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dâlja Mică	2 km	South
2 Slătinioara	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Dâlja Mare	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Peştera	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 Aninoasa	4.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	240 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	241 km	EastSouthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	303 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 432 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jiu, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Oasa (6.7 km² at a distance of 23 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 105 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 75%, moderate high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 233 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 70 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

25.5%

Nature

8.6 km2

10.9%

Agriculture

36.6 km2

46.6%

Urban area

13.3 km2

16.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petroşani in country Romania

Petroşani 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	NorthNorthWest
2 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	57 km	EastSouthEast
3 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	100 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gradi?tea Muncelului - Cioclovina	RO	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Petroşani

Type of weather in Petroşani	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:38 Europe/Amsterdam