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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9391,Lat: 50.9548
Elevation	90 meter above sea level
Local time	19:06:01pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Onderbanken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Amstenrade	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bingelrade	1.8 km	North
3 Klein-Doenrade	2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Oirsbeek	2.2 km	West
5 Doenrade	2.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	112 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	150 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	174 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 126 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 Gerelingsplas (1.2 km² at a distance of 23 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 23 km and direction South).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 2.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.1 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 23 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 68 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

10.7%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

44.6 km2

56.8%

Urban area

21.4 km2

27.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkelbeek in country Netherlands

Merkelbeek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	23 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	70 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Brunssummerheide	NL	3.9 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merkelbeek

Type of weather in Merkelbeek	clear sky
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam