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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9836,Lat: 51.6751
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	22:21:28pm
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Gennep

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Smele	0.5 km	South
2 Beugen	3.1 km	West
3 Ottersum	3.2 km	North
4 Gennep	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Helbroek	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	108 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	146 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	230 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 124 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Mokerplas (0.9 km² at a distance of 7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 3.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, 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
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 14 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.5 km2

12.2%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

51.4 km2

65.5%

Urban area

11.7 km2

14.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heijen in country Netherlands

Heijen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	73 km	NorthWest
2 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	76 km	EastSouthEast
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	95 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maasduinen	NL	1.7 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Gennep

Type of weather in Gemeente Gennep	mist
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam