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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6737,Lat: 50.8848
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	20:19:49pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Lanaken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1	0.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Borgharen	1.4 km	SouthEast
3 Lanaken	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Itteren	2.4 km	NorthEast
5 Neerharen	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	93 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	146 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	174 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 112 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 36.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 7.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.1 km2

11.6%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

27.9 km2

35.5%

Urban area

34.5 km2

44%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Smeermaas in country Belgium

Smeermaas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	31 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	86 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grensmaas	NL	0.4 km	EastSouthEast

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam