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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4483,Lat: 50.2486
Elevation	212 meter above sea level
Local time	2:52:35am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mayen-Koblenz
Name	Rhein-Mosel
Name	Alken
Other place with same name 1	Alken Midtjylland - Skanderborg
Other place with same name 2	Alken Vlaams Gewest - Limburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Löf:Kattenes	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Oberfell	1 km	North
3 Löf	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Lehmen:Moselsürsch	2.2 km	NorthWest
5 Brodenbach	2.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	119 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	229 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	296 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 257 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Laacher See (3.3 km² at a height of around 274 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Volcanic Eifel (Maar) at a distance of 43.6 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 74.8 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 25%, hill: 75%, 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.

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

Name
Mittelrheinisches Becken

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.9 km2

45.6%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

48%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alken in country Germany

Alken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	19 km	EastSouthEast
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	75 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	81 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Moselhänge und Nebentäler der unteren Mosel	DE	0.2 km	NorthEast

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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	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	08:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam