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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5448,Lat: 51.2419
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	3:11:21am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Hamont-Achel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hamont	1.1 km	North
2 Budel-Schoot	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Heikant	2 km	NorthEast
4 Budel-Dorplein	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Mulk	2.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	94 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	134 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	186 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 91 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Ringselven (0.8 km² at a distance of 4 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.1 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
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 26 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.7%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

40 km2

50.9%

Urban area

16.4 km2

20.9%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balenhoek in country Belgium

Balenhoek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	64 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	79 km	WestSouthWest
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	80 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hamonterheide, Hageven, Buitenheide, Stamprooierbroek en Mariahof	BE	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Toom

Type of weather in Toom	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam