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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2264,Lat: 49.2845
Elevation	260 meter above sea level
Local time	8:55:46am
Name province/region	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saarpfalz-Kreis
Name	Kirkel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Neunkirchen:Kohlhof	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Neunkirchen:Furpach	4.5 km	North
3 Blieskastel:Bierbach an der Blies	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 St. Ingbert:Rohrbach	4.7 km	West
5 Blieskastel:Niederwürzbach	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	88 km	WestNorthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	260 km	South
3 Brussel	Belgium	269 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bostalsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 399 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 16.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

52.5 km2

66.8%

Agriculture

13.7 km2

17.4%

Urban area

12.4 km2

15.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkel in country Germany

Kirkel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	28 km	West
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	67 km	NorthWest
3 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	87 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Krötenbruch	DE	1.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkel

Type of weather in Kirkel	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam