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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6161,Lat: 50.8293
Elevation	94 meter above sea level
Local time	17:35:02pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Riemst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kesselt	1.4 km	NorthEast
2 Vroenhoven	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Hees	1.9 km	North
4 Vlijtingen	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Heukelom	2.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	89 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	141 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	179 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 112 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 35.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 2.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Leemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 14 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

53.5 km2

68.1%

Urban area

21.6 km2

27.5%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lafelt in country Belgium

Lafelt 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	41 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	83 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Overgang Kempen-Haspengouw	BE	1.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riemst

Type of weather in Riemst	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam