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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.8503,Lat: 46.5245
Elevation	1281 meter above sea level
Local time	5:05:26am
Name province/region	Alba
Name Subregion	Scărişoara

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Negeşti	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Prelucă	3.2 km	South
3 Ocoale	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Runc	4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Gheţari	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	269 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	306 km	WestNorthWest
3 Bucureşti	Romania	343 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 512 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 Fântânele (11.5 km² at a distance of 13.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Găina with a height of 1486 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 101.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 99%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Western Romanian Carpathians - Apuseni Mountains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (at a distance of 275 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cluj-Napoca International Airport (at a distance of 70 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

51.6 km2

65.7%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

21.2 km2

27%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sfoartea in country Romania

Sfoartea at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	32 km	SouthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	106 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	153 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mun?ii Apuseni - Vladeasa	RO	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Scărişoara

Type of weather in Scărişoara	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:37 Europe/Amsterdam