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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6801,Lat: 50.9418
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	23:12:56pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Maasmechelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rekem	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Maasmechelen	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Boorsem	2.7 km	East
4 Neerharen	3.7 km	South
5	3.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	94 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	152 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	168 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 110 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Gerelingsplas (1.2 km² at a distance of 30.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 3.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.8 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
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 7.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.1 km2

28.1%

Nature

5.4 km2

6.9%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

24.4 km2

31.1%

Urban area

18.5 km2

23.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Opgrimbie in country Belgium

Opgrimbie at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	34 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	South
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	85 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mechelse Heide en vallei van de Ziepbeek	BE	0.3 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maasmechelen

Type of weather in Maasmechelen	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam