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General information - Location

CountryNetherlands (Holland)
Location in country South
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 5.9792,Lat: 50.8892 marker
Elevation127 meter above sea level
Local time17:30:33pm
Name province/regionLimburg
Name SubregionHeerlen

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Schaesberg2.7 km EastNorthEast
2 Benzenrade2.8 km South
3 Ten Esschen3.4 km WestNorthWest
4 Voerendaal3.4 km WestSouthWest
5 Kunrade3.5 km WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Brussel   Belgium115 km West
2 Luxembourg   Luxembourg143 km South
3 AmsterdamNetherlands182 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
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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 Germany15 km SouthSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of EuropeAustria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland45 km SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at BrühlGermany66 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
GeleenbeekdalNL1 km WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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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 Heerlenbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: East South East
Air pressure: 1017 mb
Humidity: 91 %
Daylength at 14 October 2024:10 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:45 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Heerlen - NL (longitude: 5.9792, latitude: 50.8892)
Distance weather station to place (direction NO): 0 Kilometers

20:00
8 degrees
1019 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
7 degrees
1020 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
2:00
7 degrees
1020 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
5:00
8 degrees
1019 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
8:00
12 degrees
1019 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
11:00
17 degrees
1018 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
14:00
16 degrees
1016 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
17:00
13 degrees
1016 mbar
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