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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5588,Lat: 52.4019
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	18:11:01pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Emsland
Name	Spelle
Name	Schapen
Other place with same name 1	Schapen Niedersachsen -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schapen:Veerkamp	1.5 km	SouthWest
2 Hopsten:Börnebrink	2.4 km	SouthEast
3 Hopsten	3.7 km	SouthEast
4 Hopsten:Staden	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Hopsten:Breischen	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	181 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	281 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	327 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 120 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Speicherbecken Geeste (1.6 km² at a height of around 33 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 33.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Ems-Hunte-Geest und Dümmer-Geestniederung

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 135 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Münster Osnabrück Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

Agriculture

72.7 km2

92.5%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schapen in country Germany

Schapen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	106 km	NorthWest
2 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	107 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen	Germany	113 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Heiliges Meer - Heupen	DE	6.6 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schapen

Type of weather in Schapen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam