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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9792,Lat: 50.8892
Elevation	127 meter above sea level
Local time	4:16:47am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Heerlen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schaesberg	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Benzenrade	2.8 km	South
3 Ten Esschen	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Voerendaal	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Kunrade	3.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	115 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	143 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	182 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 131 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 20.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction South).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 5.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 15.3 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

8.5%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

26.8 km2

34.1%

Urban area

35.9 km2

45.7%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heerlen in country Netherlands

Heerlen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	15 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	66 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geleenbeekdal	NL	1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heerlen

Type of weather in Heerlen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam