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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8642,Lat: 51.3305
Elevation	254 meter above sea level
Local time	15:54:42pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Märkischer Kreis
Name	Balve

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balve:Langenholthausen	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Balve:Garbeck	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Balve:Sansscouci	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Balve:Mellen	2.7 km	East
5 Balve:Dickenbruch	3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	228 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	235 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	252 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 231 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 Sorpesee (2.8 km² at a height of around 282 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 99.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 98%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
NR-337-E2

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39 km2

49.7%

Nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

34.2 km2

43.5%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balve in country Germany

Balve 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	60 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	77 km	WestSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	87 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Balver Wald	DE	1.6 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balve

Type of weather in Balve	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam