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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6264,Lat: 50.8642
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	1:42:58am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Lanaken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Briegden	1.4 km	North
2 Hees	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Gellik	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Kesselt	2.9 km	South
5 Lanaken	3.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	90 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	144 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	176 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 110 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Schulens Meer (0.8 km² at a distance of 34.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 1.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.5 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
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 68 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 11 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.1 km2

7.7%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

37.8 km2

48.1%

Urban area

30.2 km2

38.4%

Water - Lakes

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veldwezelt in country Belgium

Veldwezelt at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	34 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	83 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Overgang Kempen-Haspengouw	BE	0.8 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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam