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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.4799,Lat: 45.1483
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	16:39:54pm
Name province/region	Vâlcea
Name Subregion	Goleşti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Coasta	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Drăgăneşti	1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Tulei-Câmpeni	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Giurgiuveni	3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Bădislava	3.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	150 km	EastSouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	289 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	319 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 340 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Râmnicul Vâlcea (1.8 km² at a distance of 6.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cozia with a height of 1668 meter (at a distance of 22 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 151.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 212 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 60%, low mountains: 40%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 141 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 77 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.1 km2

39.6%

Nature

4.4 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

39.2 km2

49.8%

Urban area

3.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poeniţa in country Romania

Poeniţa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	37 km	West
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	105 km	WestNorthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	112 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valea Oltului Inferior	RO	9.2 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runcu

Type of weather in Runcu	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam