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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4297,Lat: 51.3031
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	23:37:39pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viersen
Name	Tönisvorst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tönisvorst:Hecke	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Tönisvorst:Schmitzheide	2.6 km	North
3 Willich:Anrath	3.6 km	SouthEast
4 Tönisvorst:Stiegerheide	3.8 km	North
5 Willich:Vennheide	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	154 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	159 km	NorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	190 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 152 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Königshütte (0.6 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 15.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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-573

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Agriculture

64.2 km2

81.7%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vorst in country Germany

Vorst 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	48 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	55 km	SouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	63 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Schwalm-Nette-Platte mit Grenzwald u. Meinweg'	DE	10 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tönisvorst

Type of weather in Tönisvorst	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	15 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam