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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2655,Lat: 50.7826
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	1:10:31am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Hasselt
Name Commune	Sint-Truiden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Klein-Gelmen	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Engelmanshoven	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Mettekoven	1.7 km	East
4 Gelinden	1.8 km	South
5 Overbroek	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	65 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	144 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	179 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 95 km (direction NorthWest).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 20.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 27.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 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
Leemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liège Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

60.2 km2

76.8%

Urban area

14.6 km2

18.6%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Groot-Gelmen in country Belgium

Groot-Gelmen 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	53 km	SouthEast
2 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	58 km	East
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	60 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen en kalkgraslanden van Haspengouw	BE	1.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heers

Type of weather in Heers	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam