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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5398,Lat: 51.0303
Elevation	80 meter above sea level
Local time	7:20:04am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Hasselt
Name Commune	Opglabbeek

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Opglabbeek	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Waterschei	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 As	4.1 km	SouthEast
4 Niel-bij-As	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Houthalen-Oost	4.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	86 km	West
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	156 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	164 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 97 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Ringselven (0.8 km² at a distance of 22.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 14.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.3 km2

24.6%

Nature

9.6 km2

12.2%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

23.3 km2

29.7%

Urban area

22.9 km2

29.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Nieuwe Kempen in country Belgium

Nieuwe Kempen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	48 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	75 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bosbeekvallei en aangrenzende bos- en heidegebieden te As-Opglabbeek-Maaseik	BE	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Opglabbeek

Type of weather in Opglabbeek	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam