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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6829,Lat: 50.8039
Elevation	222 meter above sea level
Local time	1:33:21am
Name province/region	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Name	Hamm (Sieg)
Name	Forst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bitzen	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Windeck:Halscheid	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Forst:Seifen	1.8 km	North
4 Bitzen:Dünebusch	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Etzbach	2.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	173 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	235 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	261 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 248 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Wiehltalsperre (2.7 km² at a height of around 292 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 100.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 25%, hill: 75%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Mittelsiegbergland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.8 km2

45.6%

Agriculture

32.2 km2

41%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forst in country Germany

Forst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	53 km	WestNorthWest
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	55 km	West
3 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	70 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sieg	DE	1.5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forst

Type of weather in Forst	moderate rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam