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Geleen

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8288,Lat: 50.9697
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	13:39:38pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Gemeente (Gemeente)	Sittard-Geleen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Daniken	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Sweikhuizen	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Neerbeek	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Munstergeleen	2.5 km	East
5 Puth	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	105 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	153 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	169 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 118 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 22.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 4.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.5 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated.The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 7.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

36.3 km2

46.1%

Urban area

37.2 km2

47.4%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Geleen in country Netherlands

Geleen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	28 km	SouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	78 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geleenbeekdal	NL	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Geleen

Type of weather in Geleen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam