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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.58,Lat: 51.0766
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	8:56:15am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Meeuwen-Gruitrode

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gruitrode	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Neerglabbeek	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Louwel	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Opglabbeek	3.7 km	South
5 Plokrooi	3.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	90 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	152 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	168 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 98 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 17.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 13.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 44 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.6 km2

30.1%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

38.4 km2

49%

Urban area

15.4 km2

19.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Venhoven in country Belgium

Venhoven 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	68 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	78 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mangelbeek en heide- en vengebieden tussen Houthalen en Gruitrode	BE	0.8 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Venhoven
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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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam