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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.6335,Lat: 49.0911
Elevation	480 meter above sea level
Local time	19:27:48pm
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Žilina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rajec

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jasenové	1.8 km	North
2 Kľače	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Šuja	2.5 km	South
4 Malá Čierna	3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Veľká Čierna	3.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	154 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	180 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	194 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 523 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vah, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Nosice (6 km² at a distance of 16.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kľak with a height of 1351 meter (at a distance of 12.1 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Czech border with a straight distance of 32.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 44%, low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 138 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.2 km2

29.5%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

47.4 km2

60.4%

Urban area

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rajec in country Slovakia

Rajec at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	47 km	East
2 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	73 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	73 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mala Fatra	SK	1.8 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rajec

Type of weather in Rajec	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	05:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:06 Europe/Amsterdam