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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3062,Lat: 51.4011
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	2:57:31am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kleve
Name	Wachtendonk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wachtendonk:Aerbeck	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Wachtendonk:Langdorf	1.4 km	North
3 Wachtendonk	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Straelen:Sang	2.9 km	NorthWest
5 Straelen:Broekhuysen	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	146 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	150 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	200 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 143 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 10.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 5.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 34 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

12%

Agriculture

63.9 km2

81.3%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wankum in country Germany

Wankum 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	52 km	East
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	69 km	SouthEast
3 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	71 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nette bei Vinkrath	DE	1.5 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wankum

Type of weather in Wankum	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam