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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9591,Lat: 51.1742
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	11:42:20am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Roermond

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aan de Rijksweg	0.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Herten	0.8 km	North
3 Ool	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Lerop	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Linne	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	118 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	152 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	175 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 121 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 Oolderplas (1.5 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 7.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.1 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.1 km2

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

37.1 km2

47.2%

Urban area

20.1 km2

25.6%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

12 km2

15.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merum in country Netherlands

Merum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	45 km	South
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	75 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	76 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Roerdal	NL	1.5 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Roermond

Type of weather in Gemeente Roermond	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 8 May 2026:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam