Hotels at Socu booking.com

Socu

Booking.com

Socu

General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.5044,Lat: 44.888
Elevation	197 meter above sea level
Local time	16:37:03pm
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Bărbăteşti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vierşani	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Jupâneşti	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Bărbăteşti	2.5 km	South
4 Petreşti	4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Pârâu Boia	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	211 km	East
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	241 km	WestSouthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	244 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 398 km (direction EastSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.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 Turceni (2.2 km² at a distance of 18.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 69.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 27%, hill: 73%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 207 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 70 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.5 km2

63.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

22.6 km2

28.7%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Socu in country Romania

Socu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	52 km	NorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	83 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	153 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	2.2 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Socu
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Socu
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bărbăteşti

Type of weather in Bărbăteşti	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	05:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam