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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8322,Lat: 50.8656
Elevation	103 meter above sea level
Local time	19:35:33pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Limburg
Official website region	Official link Limburg
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Valkenburg aan de Geul
Other place with same name 1	Valkenburg Zuid-Holland - Katwijk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Emmaberg	1.4 km	NorthEast
2 Vilt	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Oud-Valkenburg	1.9 km	SouthEast
4 Sibbe	2.3 km	South
5 Kleingenhout	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	104 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	141 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	180 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 123 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 Blausteinsee (1.1 km² at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 18.1 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 9.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.8 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 18.2 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 73 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport (at a distance of 6.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.1 km2

7.8%

Agriculture

63.6 km2

81%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valkenburg in country Netherlands

Valkenburg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	20 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	42 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	76 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Geuldal	NL	0.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valkenburg

Type of weather in Valkenburg	clear sky
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam