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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5892,Lat: 50.8326
Elevation	89 meter above sea level
Local time	1:11:17am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Riemst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rosmeer	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lafelt	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Hees	2 km	NorthEast
4 Grote-Spouwen	2.5 km	West
5 Riemst	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	87 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	141 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	178 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 33.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 3.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.3 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
Leemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 15 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

56.8 km2

72.3%

Urban area

20.2 km2

25.7%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vlijtingen in country Belgium

Vlijtingen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	36 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	81 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Overgang Kempen-Haspengouw	BE	3.4 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vlijtingen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riemst

Type of weather in Riemst	light intensity drizzle rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam