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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8118,Lat: 50.6079
Elevation	273 meter above sea level
Local time	17:16:44pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Liège
Name Arrondissement	Verviers
Name Commune	Herve

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Petit-Rechain	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Les Bruyères	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Soiron	2.3 km	SouthWest
4 Lambermont	2.4 km	SouthEast
5 Xhendelesse	3.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	106 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	113 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	207 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 137 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de la Gileppe - Barrage de la Gileppe (1 km² at a distance of 11.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 16.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 22 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 15%, hill: 85%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Weidestreek (Luik)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 98 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liège Airport (at a distance of 26 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

39.6 km2

50.4%

Urban area

35.2 km2

44.8%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grand-Rechain in country Belgium

Grand-Rechain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	27 km	NorthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	81 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grotte Jaminon	BE	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bonvoisin

Type of weather in Bonvoisin	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam