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General information - Location

Country	Slovenia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.0483,Lat: 46.38
Elevation	386 meter above sea level
Local time	7:49:56am
Name province/region	Šoštanj
Name Subregion	Šoštanj

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Florjan	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Skorno pri Šoštanju	1.6 km	West
3 Lokovica	2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Ravne	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Gaberke	2.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	55 km	SouthWest
2 Zagreb	Croatia	96 km	SouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	227 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 126 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sava main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Velenjsko jezero (1.3 km² at a distance of 2.3 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Golte with a height of 1587 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 22.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 75%, low mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.9 km2

47%

Agriculture

32.9 km2

41.9%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.1%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Šoštanj in country Slovenia

Šoštanj at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design	Slovenia	56 km	SouthWest
2 City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg	Austria	82 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Škocjan Caves	Slovenia	114 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Huda luknja	SI	5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Šoštanj

Type of weather in Šoštanj	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:53 Europe/Amsterdam