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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4462,Lat: 50.7739
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	18:19:02pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Düren
Name	Düren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Düren:Berzbuir	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Düren:Lendersdorf	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Düren:Kufferath	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Düren:Derichsweiler	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Hürtgenwald:Gey	3.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	132 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	148 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	208 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 167 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Wehebach-Talsperre (2.3 km² at a height of around 252 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 19.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 76%, hill: 24%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-553

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.5 km2

23.6%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

37.8 km2

48.1%

Urban area

20.5 km2

26.1%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birgel in country Germany

Birgel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	26 km	West
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	33 km	East
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	40 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rur von Obermaubach bis Linnich	DE	2.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horm

Type of weather in Horm	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam