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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9843,Lat: 50.8198
Elevation	173 meter above sea level
Local time	13:53:24pm
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Simpelveld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bocholtzerheide	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Baneheide	0.6 km	West
3 Vlengendaal	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Bocholtz	1.8 km	East
5 Simpelveld	1.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	115 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	135 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	189 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 135 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 Blausteinsee (1.1 km² at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.2 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction SouthSouthEast).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 7.7 km (direction SouthSouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 89%, hill: 11%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

66.7 km2

85%

Urban area

8.6 km2

11%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Broek in country Netherlands

Broek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	8.7 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	37 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	65 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geuldal	NL	1.9 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Simpelveld

Type of weather in Simpelveld	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam