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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.666,Lat: 49.1322
Elevation	771 meter above sea level
Local time	4:06:11am
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Liptovský Mikuláš
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Žiar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Smrečany	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Veterná Poruba	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jalovec	2.9 km	West
4 Trstené	4 km	SouthWest
5 Konská	4.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	187 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	219 km	SouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	264 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 567 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.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 Liptovská Mara (19.9 km² at a distance of 7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Baranec with a height of 2184 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 11 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 106 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (at a distance of 42 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.3 km2

29.6%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

48.7 km2

61.9%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Žiar in country Slovakia

Žiar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	24 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	30 km	WestSouthWest
3 Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments	Slovakia	82 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tatry	SK	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vrbica

Type of weather in Vrbica	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam