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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4795,Lat: 51.253
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	1:51:37am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Hamont-Achel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Achel-Station	2.4 km	North
2 Grote Heide	2.9 km	West
3 Sint-Huibrechts-Lille	3 km	South
4	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Neerpelt	4.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	91 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	131 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	189 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 86 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Ringselven (0.8 km² at a distance of 8.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 3.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.1 km2

18%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

42.8 km2

54.6%

Urban area

19 km2

24.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achel in country Belgium

Achel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	68 km	SouthEast
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	75 km	WestSouthWest
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	76 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hageven met Dommelvallei, Beverbeekse Heide, Warmbeek en Wateringen	BE	0.8 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Achel
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Neerpelt

Type of weather in Neerpelt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam