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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8431,Lat: 51.1628
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:25pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Maasgouw

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ittervoort	1.8 km	NorthWest
2 Kessenich	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Panheel	2.6 km	NorthEast
4 Wessem	2.7 km	East
5 Neeritter	2.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	110 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	150 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	174 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 113 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 5.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 46 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

47.5 km2

60.5%

Urban area

10.4 km2

13.2%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

14 km2

17.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thorn in country Netherlands

Thorn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	46 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	South
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	82 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hamonterheide, Hageven, Buitenheide, Stamprooierbroek en Mariahof	BE	0.7 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maasbracht

Type of weather in Maasbracht	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam