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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5048,Lat: 51.4135
Elevation	492 meter above sea level
Local time	0:38:15am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hochsauerlandkreis
Name	Brilon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brilon:Scharfenberg	2.2 km	NorthEast
2 Brilon:Altenbüren	3.1 km	South
3 Brilon	4.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Olsberg:Antfeld	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Rüthen:Heidberg	6.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	262 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	271 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	297 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 221 km (direction North).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 Diemelsee (1.6 km² at a distance of 13.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 131.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 184 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 83%, low mountains: 17%, 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 forest.

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

Name
NR-334

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 113 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.6 km2

55.5%

Agriculture

31.3 km2

39.9%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rixen in country Germany

Rixen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	63 km	East
2 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	75 km	EastNorthEast
3 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	102 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kalkkuppen bei Brilon	DE	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brilon

Type of weather in Brilon	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam