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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0225,Lat: 51.2575
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	17:56:21pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Beesel
Other place with same name 1	Rijkel Vlaams Gewest - Limburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wieler	1.7 km	South
2 Beesel	1.9 km	NorthEast
3 Bussereind	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Waije	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Neer	2.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	126 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	147 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	184 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 124 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Plas Hatenboer (1.6 km² at a distance of 7.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 3.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.1 km2

14.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

53.4 km2

68%

Urban area

9 km2

11.4%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rijkel in country Netherlands

Rijkel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	54 km	South
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	74 km	EastSouthEast
3 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	76 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Swalmdal	NL	0.5 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Beesel

Type of weather in Beesel	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 15 March 2025:	11 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:39 Europe/Amsterdam