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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0392,Lat: 51.2331
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	18:27:45pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Roermond

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heide	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Wieler	1.5 km	NorthWest
3 Asselt	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Boukoul	2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Einde	2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	126 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	150 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	181 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 125 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Plas Hatenboer (1.6 km² at a distance of 6.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 2.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.7 km2

23.8%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

43.3 km2

55.1%

Urban area

11 km2

14.1%

Water - Lakes

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swalmen in country Netherlands

Swalmen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	51 km	South
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	72 km	EastSouthEast
3 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	76 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Swalmdal	NL	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Limburg

Type of weather in Limburg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam