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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0395,Lat: 51.7156
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	6:10:11am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Gennep

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Goch:Grunewald	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ven-Zelderheide	0.9 km	West
4 Goch:Viller	1.3 km	South
5 Goch:Nergena	1.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	107 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	152 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	234 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 125 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Mokerplas (0.9 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 0.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.3 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 14 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32 km2

40.8%

Agriculture

40.8 km2

51.9%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hekkens in country Netherlands

Hekkens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	74 km	NorthWest
2 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	74 km	EastSouthEast
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	98 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zeldersche Driessen	NL	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hommersum

Type of weather in Hommersum	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam