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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.3457,Lat: 45.9718
Elevation	446 meter above sea level
Local time	2:39:13am
Name province/region	Sibiu
Name Subregion	Mihăileni

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mihăileni	2 km	North
2 Moardăş	4.1 km	North
3 Răvăşel	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Ghijasa de Sus	5.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Buia	5.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	218 km	SouthEast
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	332 km	WestSouthWest
3 Chişinău	Moldova	366 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 382 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 Râura (1.5 km² at a distance of 21.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dealul Metiş with a height of 622 meter (at a distance of 10.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Ukranian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 199.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 280 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 52%, low mountains: 48%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Transylvanian Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 206 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33 km2

42.1%

Nature

4.3 km2

5.5%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.6%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Şalcău in country Romania

Şalcău at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	38 km	NorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	44 km	NorthEast
3 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	89 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Podi?ul Hrtibaciului	RO	0.6 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mihăileni

Type of weather in Mihăileni	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam