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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7669,Lat: 50.8078
Elevation	135 meter above sea level
Local time	17:01:22pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Eijsden-Margraten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sint Geertruid	1.3 km	South
2 Herkenrade	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Honthem	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Cadier en Keer	2.4 km	North
5 Gronsveld	2.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	100 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	136 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	185 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 122 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de la Gileppe - Barrage de la Gileppe (1 km² at a distance of 28.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 18.8 km and direction EastSouthEast).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 2.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 18.9 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

62.5 km2

79.5%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eckelrade in country Netherlands

Eckelrade at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	23 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	81 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Savelsbos	NL	0.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Margraten

Type of weather in Margraten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam