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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8644,Lat: 50.8777
Elevation	130 meter above sea level
Local time	18:03:11pm
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Voerendaal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Overheek	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Walem	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Emmaberg	1.4 km	West
4 Klimmen	1.5 km	East
5 Hulsberg	1.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	106 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	142 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	180 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 125 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 28.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 10.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 17.6 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 7.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

64.3 km2

81.9%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heek in country Netherlands

Heek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	19 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	74 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geleenbeekdal	NL	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Klimmen

Type of weather in Klimmen	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam