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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7192,Lat: 50.9414
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	2:09:57am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Maasmechelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kotem	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Geulle aan de Maas	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3	2 km	South
4 Uikhoven	2 km	South
5 Rekem	2.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	97 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	151 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	169 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 112 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Gerelingsplas (1.2 km² at a distance of 29.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 1.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 4.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.7 km2

9.8%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

37.2 km2

47.4%

Urban area

24 km2

30.6%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Boorsem in country Belgium

Boorsem at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	32 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	85 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grensmaas	NL	1.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maasmechelen

Type of weather in Maasmechelen	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam