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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4532,Lat: 51.6623
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	5:08:05am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wesel
Name	Xanten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Xanten:Lüttingen	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Xanten:Wardt	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Wesel:Bislich	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Xanten:Birten	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Xanten:Unterbirten	4.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	133 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	172 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	230 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 153 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Altrhein Xanten (1.9 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 18.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-577

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 23 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

58.4 km2

74.3%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.3%

Water - Lakes

9.8 km2

12.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Xanten in country Germany

Xanten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	45 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	88 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	98 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Unterer Niederrhein'	DE	1.4 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Xanten
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Xanten

Type of weather in Xanten	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam