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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.4421,Lat: 45.1747
Elevation	562 meter above sea level
Local time	10:12:57am
Name province/region	Vâlcea
Name Subregion	Runcu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gropeni	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vărateci	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Drăgăneşti	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Valea Babei	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Poeniţa	4.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	154 km	EastSouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	291 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	317 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 344 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 Dăeşti (1.6 km² at a distance of 3.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cozia with a height of 1668 meter (at a distance of 18.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 150.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 210 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 51%, low mountains: 49%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 145 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 73 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39 km2

49.6%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Agriculture

31.4 km2

40%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.9%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Runcu in country Romania

Runcu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	33 km	West
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	101 km	WestNorthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	110 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valea Oltului Inferior	RO	9.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Runcu
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:25 Europe/Amsterdam