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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6999,Lat: 50.6687
Elevation	188 meter above sea level
Local time	16:28:35pm
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Liège
Name Arrondissement	Liège
Name Commune	Blegny

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chefneux	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Housse	1.3 km	North
3 Heuseux	1.6 km	SouthEast
4 Blégny	1.8 km	East
5 Saive	2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	97 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	122 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	198 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 127 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de la Gileppe - Barrage de la Gileppe (1 km² at a distance of 21.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 9.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.5 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 24.6 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 67%, hill: 33%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Weidestreek (Luik)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liège Airport (at a distance of 18 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.5%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.5%

Urban area

32.2 km2

40.9%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barchon in country Belgium

Barchon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	23 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	30 km	EastNorthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	87 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Basse Meuse et Meuse mitoyenne	BE	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Blégny

Type of weather in Blégny	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam