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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3676,Lat: 51.1252
Elevation	60 meter above sea level
Local time	17:26:04pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Maaseik
Name Commune	Hechtel-Eksel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Locht	2.2 km	North
2 Hoef	2.5 km	South
3 Wijchmaal	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Eksel	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Peer	6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	78 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	143 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	177 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 82 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Oude Zandput (1.5 km² at a distance of 17.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 15.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 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 36 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

24.2%

Nature

16.4 km2

20.9%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

27.3 km2

34.8%

Urban area

12.5 km2

15.9%

Rock-Sand

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hechtel in country Belgium

Hechtel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	63 km	West
2 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	64 km	SouthEast
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	69 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Militair domein en vallei van de Zwarte Beek	BE	0.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Peer

Type of weather in Peer	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam