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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3572,Lat: 50.5496
Elevation	185 meter above sea level
Local time	14:16:53pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Leun

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leun:Stockhausen	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Braunfels:Tiefenbach	2.5 km	SouthWest
3 Solms:Niederbiel	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Leun:Biskirchen	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Leun:Bissenberg	3.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	191 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	285 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	315 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 302 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Krombachtalsperre (1 km² at a distance of 17 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 140.5 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 197 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 33%, hill: 67%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.8 km2

54.6%

Agriculture

26 km2

33.1%

Urban area

9 km2

11.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leun in country Germany

Leun at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	63 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	76 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	78 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waldgebiet östlich von Allendorf und nördlich von Leun	DE	1.1 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leun

Type of weather in Leun	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam