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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.0138,Lat: 50.7756
Elevation	202 meter above sea level
Local time	10:24:11am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Vaals

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen:Vaalserquartier	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Holset	1.8 km	West
3 Raren	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Wolfhaag	2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Lemiers	2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	117 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	130 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	194 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 139 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 (reservoir) is Stausee Eupen - Vesderstuwdam (1.1 km² at a distance of 17.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 2.4 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 0.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.5 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 2.4 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: low location: 44%, hill: 56%, 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 Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16 km2

20.3%

Agriculture

43.1 km2

54.8%

Urban area

16.7 km2

21.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vaals in country Netherlands

Vaals at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	5 km	East
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	63 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geuldal	NL	1.3 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vaals

Type of weather in Vaals	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam