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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6597,Lat: 51.1268
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	10:43:04am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Bree

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Opitter	1.4 km	SouthWest
2 Hasselt	1.8 km	North
3 Voorshoven	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Bree	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Vostaard	4.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	97 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	149 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	172 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 101 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 12 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 6.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.9 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 41 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.8 km2

11.3%

Agriculture

57.4 km2

73.2%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tongerlo in country Belgium

Tongerlo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	49 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	South
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	84 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hamonterheide, Hageven, Buitenheide, Stamprooierbroek en Mariahof	BE	0.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Tongerlo
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bree

Type of weather in Bree	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam