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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7873,Lat: 50.8753
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	18:55:16pm
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Valkenburg aan de Geul

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Geulhem	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Raar	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Terblijt	2.3 km	South
4 Waterval	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Meerssen	2.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	101 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	143 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	178 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 120 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 Gerelingsplas (1.2 km² at a distance of 33.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 21.2 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 5.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 21.3 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 70 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 4.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7 km2

8.9%

Agriculture

56.7 km2

72.2%

Urban area

11.4 km2

14.6%

Infrastructure

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houthem in country Netherlands

Houthem at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	24 km	EastSouthEast
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	79 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bemelerberg & Schiepersberg	NL	1.7 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Houthem

Type of weather in Houthem	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam