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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9126,Lat: 50.7776
Elevation	140 meter above sea level
Local time	3:36:07am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Gulpen-Wittem

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schweiberg	1.1 km	North
2 Eperheide	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Terziet	1.7 km	South
4 Mechelen	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Heijenrath	2.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	110 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	131 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	191 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 133 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 21.4 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 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 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.8 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 8.1 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 76%, hill: 24%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 18 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

17.5%

Agriculture

59.5 km2

75.9%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Epen in country Netherlands

Epen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	12 km	East
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	32 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	70 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geuldal	NL	0.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Plombières

Type of weather in Plombières	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam