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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7774,Lat: 50.9347
Elevation	95 meter above sea level
Local time	19:59:09pm
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Stein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Catsop	0.9 km	NorthWest
2 Geverik	1 km	SouthEast
3 Hussenberg	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Elsloo	1.5 km	North
5 Moorveld	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	101 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	150 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	171 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 116 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Gerelingsplas (1.2 km² at a distance of 27.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 2.2 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 2.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

3.8%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

45.6 km2

58.2%

Urban area

22.2 km2

28.3%

Infrastructure

3.3 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Beek in country Netherlands

Beek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	28 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	50 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	81 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bunder- en Elsloërbos	NL	1.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Beek

Type of weather in Gemeente Beek	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam