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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.4937,Lat: 48.4064
Elevation	638 meter above sea level
Local time	2:08:50am
Name province/region	Banskobystrický kraj
Name Subregion	Lučenec
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Polichno

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tuhár	2.7 km	North
2 Ábelová	4.5 km	West
3 Lentvora	4.9 km	SouthWest
4 Praha	4.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Ružiná	5.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	106 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	181 km	WestSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	233 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 510 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 4 - Ipel, Hron, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Ružiná (1.7 km² at a distance of 5.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Javorie with a height of 1044 meter (at a distance of 15.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 20.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 34%, low mountains: 66%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (at a distance of 110 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sliac Airport (at a distance of 37 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.5 km2

51.6%

Nature

8.2 km2

10.4%

Agriculture

28.7 km2

36.6%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polichno in country Slovakia

Polichno at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	44 km	West
2 Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings	Hungary	46 km	South
3 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	72 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Luborecske dubiny	SK	9.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Banska Bystrica

Type of weather in Banska Bystrica	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	05:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:57 Europe/Amsterdam