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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6278,Lat: 50.8769
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	18:54:11pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Lanaken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Veldwezelt	1.4 km	South
2 Gellik	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Lanaken	2.2 km	NorthEast
4	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Smeermaas	3.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	90 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	145 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	174 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 110 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Schulens Meer (0.8 km² at a distance of 33.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 1.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 66 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 11 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

16.9%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

42.7%

Urban area

26.9 km2

34.3%

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Briegden in country Belgium

Briegden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	34 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	83 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Overgang Kempen-Haspengouw	BE	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lanaken

Type of weather in Lanaken	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam