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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3755,Lat: 51.2357
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	3:02:16am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Lommel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Overpelt-Fabriek	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kolonie	2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lutlommel	2.6 km	West
4 Holven	2.7 km	South
5 Neerpelt	4.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	84 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	131 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	189 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 79 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Oude Zandput (1.5 km² at a distance of 14.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 3.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.4 km2

18.3%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

35.3%

Urban area

28.3 km2

36%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grote Barrier in country Belgium

Grote Barrier at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	67 km	WestSouthWest
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	68 km	West
3 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	71 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hamonterheide, Hageven, Buitenheide, Stamprooierbroek en Mariahof	BE	2.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Overpelt

Type of weather in Overpelt	moderate rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam