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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5112,Lat: 51.5751
Elevation	26 meter above sea level
Local time	18:48:04pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wesel
Name	Alpen
Other place with same name 1	Alpen Kärnten - Klagenfurt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alpen:Drüpt	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Alpen:Bönning	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Alpen:Bönninghardt	2.8 km	West
4 Alpen:Menzelerheide	3.6 km	North
5 Rheinberg:Borth	3.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	142 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	171 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	220 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 159 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Altrhein Xanten (1.9 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 21.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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-575

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 26 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.9 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

58.5 km2

74.5%

Urban area

6 km2

7.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alpen in country Germany

Alpen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	38 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	77 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	88 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Unterer Niederrhein'	DE	3.8 km	NorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Alpen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alpen

Type of weather in Alpen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam