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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.652,Lat: 50.8896
Elevation	60 meter above sea level
Local time	7:00:56am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Lanaken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Smeermaas	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Briegden	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Neerharen	3 km	NorthEast
5 Borgharen	3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	92 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	146 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	173 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 111 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. 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 1.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 65 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 8.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.5 km2

19.8%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

28 km2

35.8%

Urban area

27.2 km2

34.7%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lanaken in country Belgium

Lanaken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	33 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	84 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mechelse Heide en vallei van de Ziepbeek	BE	1.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lanaken
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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	drizzle rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam