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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7771,Lat: 50.887
Elevation	109 meter above sea level
Local time	16:39:11pm
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Meerssen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Waterval	0.9 km	North
2 Humcoven	1.2 km	NorthWest
3 Meerssen	1.4 km	West
4 Houthem	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Schietecoven	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	100 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	144 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	176 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 119 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 32.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 22.6 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 4.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 22.7 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 69 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 2.8 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.4 km2

8.2%

Agriculture

55.4 km2

70.7%

Urban area

13.2 km2

16.8%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

2.8%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Raar in country Netherlands

Raar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	25 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	80 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bunder- en Elsloërbos	NL	3 km	NorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meerssen

Type of weather in Meerssen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam