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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.1954,Lat: 49.1226
Elevation	685 meter above sea level
Local time	1:00:24am
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Ružomberok
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Švošov

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hubová	0.7 km	SouthWest
2 Ľubochňa	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Stankovany	3.6 km	NorthWest
4 Komjatná	4.4 km	NorthEast
5 Žaškov	5.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	181 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	189 km	SouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	232 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 552 km (direction SouthWest).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 Bešeňová (1.3 km² at a distance of 18.8 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kľak with a height of 1394 meter (at a distance of 10.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 31.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 13%, low mountains: 59%, moderate high mountains: 28%, The hills are mainly western 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 Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

59.1 km2

75.3%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

14 km2

17.8%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Švošov in country Slovakia

Švošov at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	11 km	SouthEast
2 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	36 km	NorthEast
3 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	77 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vah	SK	0 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zilina

Type of weather in Zilina	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	05:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:55 Europe/Amsterdam