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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6685,Lat: 50.8176
Elevation	93 meter above sea level
Local time	20:52:26pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Riemst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kanne	0.5 km	South
2	1.8 km	SouthEast
3 Vroenhoven	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Eben-Emael	2.6 km	South
5 Zussen	3.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	93 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	138 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	181 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 116 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de la Gileppe - Barrage de la Gileppe (1 km² at a distance of 33.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 13 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

40 km2

50.9%

Urban area

27 km2

34.3%

Water - Lakes

5.6 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of in country Belgium

at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	30 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	87 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sint Pietersberg & Jekerdal	NL	0 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maastricht

Type of weather in Maastricht	thunderstorm with rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam