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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4739,Lat: 51.2745
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	2:51:27am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Hamont-Achel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Achel	2.4 km	South
2 Schaft	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Borkel	3.5 km	NorthWest
4 Grote Heide	3.9 km	SouthWest
5	4.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	92 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	129 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	191 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 85 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Ringselven (0.8 km² at a distance of 9.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 1.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.8 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 21 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.6 km2

24.9%

Nature

6 km2

7.6%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.7%

Urban area

9.7 km2

12.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achel-Station in country Belgium

Achel-Station at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	70 km	SouthEast
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	75 km	WestSouthWest
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	75 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hamonterheide, Hageven, Buitenheide, Stamprooierbroek en Mariahof	BE	0.3 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Achel-Station
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Neerpelt

Type of weather in Neerpelt	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam