HeekGeneral information - Location
| Country | Netherlands | | Location in country | 
South | | Location in Europe | West Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 5.8644,Lat: 50.8777  |
| Elevation | 130 meter above sea level | | Local time | 22:52:08pm |
| Name province/region (Provincie) | Limburg | | Official website region | Official link Limburg | | Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente) | Voerendaal | | Other place with same name 1 | 
Heek
Nordrhein-Westfalen - Münster |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
| Capitalname |
Country |
Distance |
Direction |
| 1 Brussel | 
Belgium | 106 km | 
West
| | 2 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 142 km |
South
| | 3 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 180 km | 
NorthNorthWest
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 125 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 is Blausteinsee (1.1 km2 at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.4 km in Eastern direction).
The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald
The most nearby international border is the
Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 10.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 17.6 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 7.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
4.1 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
64.3 km2 |
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| Urban area |
9.2 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Heek in country Netherlands
Heek at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Nearest Natura2000-area
| Sitename |
Country |
Distance |
Direction |
| Geleenbeekdal | NL | 1.7 km | 
NorthNorthEast
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Social media - Maps
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