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General information - Location

Country	Denmark
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.8462,Lat: 56.0545
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	17:22:34pm
Name province/region (Region)	Midtjylland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Skanderborg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dover
Other place with same name 1	Alken Vlaams Gewest - Limburg
Other place with same name 2	Alken Rheinland-Pfalz - Limburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bjedstrup	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Svejstrup	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Boes	3 km	West
4 Forlev	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Firgårde	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	175 km	East
2 Oslo	Norway	433 km	North
3 Berlin	Germany	456 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jutland and Funen. The nearest bigger lake is Mossø (15.2 km² at a height of around 21 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Yding Skovhøj with a height of 173 meter (at a distance of 7.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 137.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 193 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Billund Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karup Airport (at a distance of 52 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.2 km2

10.4%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

56.2 km2

71.5%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Water - Lakes

10.8 km2

13.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alken in country Denmark

Alken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church	Denmark	43 km	SouthWest
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	81 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Roskilde Cathedral	Denmark	147 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mossø	DK	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:03 Europe/Amsterdam