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General information - Location

Country	Luxembourg
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.225,Lat: 49.5837
Elevation	312 meter above sea level
Local time	7:56:31am
Name province/region	Luxembourg
Name Subregion	Contern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Medingen	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Moutfort	2.1 km	East
3 Syren	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Oetrange	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sandweiler	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	7.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	194 km	NorthWest
3 Paris	France	296 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 242 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bassin Supérieur S.E.O. (Oberbecken) (0.5 km² at a distance of 39.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-French border with a straight distance of 7.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench German Luxembourgish tripoint with a straight distance of 16.4 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 99%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 4.6 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.8 km2

31.5%

Agriculture

44.4 km2

56.5%

Urban area

7.5 km2

9.6%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Contern in country Luxembourg

Contern at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	7.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	35 km	EastNorthEast
3 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	59 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de la Syre de Moutfort à Roodt/Syre	LU	1 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Contern

Type of weather in Contern	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam