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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3074,Lat: 50.8756
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	14:30:45pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Alken
Other place with same name 1	Alken Midtjylland - Skanderborg
Other place with same name 2	Alken Rheinland-Pfalz - Skanderborg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meerdegat	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Snoek	1.2 km	South
3 Wolfe	1.6 km	SouthWest
4 Sint-Joris	2.2 km	West
5 Sint-Lambrechts-Herk	2.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	67 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	153 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	169 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 91 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Schulens Meer (0.8 km² at a distance of 14.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 23.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liège Airport (at a distance of 28 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

51.9 km2

66%

Urban area

24.7 km2

31.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alken in country Belgium

Alken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	56 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	SouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	61 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen en kalkgraslanden van Haspengouw	BE	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alken

Type of weather in Alken	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:44 Europe/Amsterdam