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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8625,Lat: 50.9995
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	9:12:12am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Sittard-Geleen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Limbricht	2.4 km	NorthWest
2 Einighausen	2.4 km	West
3 Munstergeleen	2.8 km	South
4 Selfkant:Millen	3 km	NorthNorthEast
5	3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	107 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	156 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	167 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 119 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 18.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 2.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 61 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

45.1 km2

57.4%

Urban area

26.8 km2

34.1%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sittard in country Netherlands

Sittard at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	30 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	76 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geleenbeekdal	NL	5.4 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sittard

Type of weather in Sittard	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam