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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2289,Lat: 51.1092
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	5:24:17am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Hasselt
Name Commune	Leopoldsburg
Other place with same name 1	Heppen Nordrhein-Westfalen - Arnsberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Einde	1 km	West
2 Asdonk	2 km	North
3 Beverlo	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Boskant	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Leopoldsburg	2.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	68 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	143 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	179 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 73 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 12.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 16.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.6%

Nature

4.8 km2

6.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

39.6%

Urban area

23.5 km2

29.9%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heppen in country Belgium

Heppen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	54 km	West
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	59 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	65 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Militair domein en vallei van de Zwarte Beek	BE	2.5 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leopoldsburg

Type of weather in Leopoldsburg	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:32 Europe/Amsterdam