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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2764,Lat: 50.8717
Elevation	44 meter above sea level
Local time	10:35:29am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Tongeren
Name Commune	Alken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hulsen	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Wolfe	1.5 km	SouthEast
3 Alken	2.2 km	East
4 Snoek	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Kozen	2.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	65 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	153 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	169 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 89 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 12.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 25.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 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
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liège Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

53.8 km2

68.4%

Urban area

21.7 km2

27.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sint-Joris in country Belgium

Sint-Joris at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	58 km	EastSouthEast
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	59 km	WestNorthWest
3 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen en kalkgraslanden van Haspengouw	BE	2 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alken

Type of weather in Alken	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam