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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5161,Lat: 50.9
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	2:15:52am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Bilzen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Munsterbilzen	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schoonbeek	2.7 km	West
3 Beverst	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dilzen	3.3 km	South
5 Nieuw-Sledderlo	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	82 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	150 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	170 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 102 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 25.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 9.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.4 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 62 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 18 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.8 km2

17.5%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

30.4 km2

38.7%

Urban area

27.8 km2

35.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eik in country Belgium

Eik at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	42 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	75 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Overgang Kempen-Haspengouw	BE	1 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bilzen

Type of weather in Bilzen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam