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General information - Location

Country	Denmark
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.0134,Lat: 56.6559
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	4:03:10am
Name province/region	Nordjylland
Name Subregion	Mariagerfjord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mariager

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alstrup	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mariager	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Fladbjerg	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Assens	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Houtved	4.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	191 km	EastSouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	365 km	North
3 Berlin	Germany	509 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hou lies at the Kattegat (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jutland and Funen. The nearest bigger lake is Glenstrup Sø (2.8 km² at a distance of 10.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Tinghøj with a height of 112 meter (at a distance of 10.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 205.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 287 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly northern 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 115 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aalborg Airport (at a distance of 50 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.1 km2

32%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

36.8 km2

55.9%

Urban area

4.1 km2

6.2%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hou in country Denmark

Hou 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	107 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	148 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	153 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Villestrup Ådal	DK	2.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mariager

Type of weather in Mariager	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	05:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam