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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7019,Lat: 51.6522
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	18:06:16pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Detmold
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Paderborn
Name	Borchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Borchen	2.3 km	NorthEast
2 Salzkotten:Niederntudorf	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Borchen:Buchenhof	3.9 km	NorthEast
4 Paderborn:Wewer	4.1 km	North
5 Borchen:Etteln	5.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	273 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	291 km	SouthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	316 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 197 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lippesee (0.7 km² at a height of around 94 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 130.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 71%, hill: 29%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-362

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 7.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.3 km2

24.6%

Agriculture

52.1 km2

66.3%

Urban area

7 km2

8.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alfen in country Germany

Alfen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	51 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	61 km	SouthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	85 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ziegenberg	DE	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alfen

Type of weather in Alfen	clear sky
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam