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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3186,Lat: 50.9616
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	18:58:31pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Name	Overath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lindlar:Hohkeppel	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Engelskirchen:Ehreshoven	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Overath:Burg	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Engelskirchen:Hintersteimel	3.1 km	East
5 Lindlar:Vellingen	3.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	173 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	209 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	230 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 219 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 (reservoir) is Dhünn-Talsperre (5.2 km² at a height of around 176 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 82.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 115 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 48%, hill: 52%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
NR-338

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 16 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.3 km2

37.3%

Agriculture

42.7 km2

54.4%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vilkerath in country Germany

Vilkerath at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	25 km	West
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	33 km	WestSouthWest
3 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	62 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Agger	DE	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilkerath

Type of weather in Vilkerath	few clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:36 Europe/Amsterdam