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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7777,Lat: 49.4873
Elevation	325 meter above sea level
Local time	19:04:31pm
Name province/region	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzig-Wadern
Name	Losheim am See

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Losheim am See:Rissenthal	2.8 km	SouthWest
2 Losheim am See	3.5 km	NorthWest
3 Beckingen:Reimsbach	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Wadern:Nunkirchen	4.5 km	East
5 Schmelz:Michelbach	4.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	49 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	230 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	287 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 274 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 Talsperre Nonnweiler (1.5 km² at a distance of 20.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 17.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 39 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.3 km2

32.2%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.6%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.5%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wahlen in country Germany

Wahlen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	28 km	South
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	31 km	NorthNorthWest
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	49 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bei Rimlingen und Rissenthal	DE	2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Losheim

Type of weather in Losheim	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	45 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam