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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9726,Lat: 50.6618
Elevation	270 meter above sea level
Local time	18:37:41pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Liège
Name Arrondissement	Verviers
Name Commune	Welkenraedt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kaulen	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Heggen	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Busch	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lontzen	3.2 km	NorthEast
5 Henri-Chapelle	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	116 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	118 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	205 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 143 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 8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 7.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 10.8 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 86 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 31 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

53.5 km2

68.1%

Urban area

21.1 km2

26.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Welkenraedt in country Belgium

Welkenraedt at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	15 km	NorthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	20 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	69 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de la Gueule en amont de Kelmis	BE	0.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Welkenraedt

Type of weather in Welkenraedt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	08:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam