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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.241,Lat: 51.0035
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	15:59:37pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Heinsberg
Name	Hückelhoven

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Geilenkirchen:Lindern	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Hückelhoven:Rurich	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Linnich:Körrenzig	2.8 km	East
4 Linnich	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Linnich:Glimbach	3.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	134 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	155 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	179 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 144 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 is Blausteinsee (1.1 km² at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 13.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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
NR-554

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

65.5 km2

83.4%

Urban area

9.7 km2

12.4%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brachelen in country Germany

Brachelen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	28 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	51 km	East
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	51 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kellenberg und Rur zwischen Flossdorf und Broich	DE	6.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brachelen

Type of weather in Brachelen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam