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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9554,Lat: 50.7905
Elevation	178 meter above sea level
Local time	2:11:17am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Vaals

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vijlen	0.6 km	East
2 Rott	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Hilleshagen	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Nijswiller	2.1 km	North
5 Mechelen	2.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	113 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	132 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	191 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 135 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 (reservoir) is Stausee Eupen - Vesderstuwdam (1.1 km² at a distance of 21.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 6.1 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 1.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 6.1 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 79%, hill: 21%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 19 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.1 km2

12.9%

Agriculture

62.4 km2

79.5%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melleschet in country Netherlands

Melleschet at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	9.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	34 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	67 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geuldal	NL	2.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Simpelveld

Type of weather in Gemeente Simpelveld	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 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 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam