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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7267,Lat: 51.8082
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	18:06:17pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Gelderland
Official website region	Official link Gelderland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Wijchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alverna	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Leur	2.6 km	NorthWest
3 Lunen	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Balgoij	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Wezel	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	85 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	144 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	246 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 101 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Kraaijenbergse Plassen (3.3 km² at a distance of 7.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 15.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 89%, low location: 11%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.6 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

52 km2

66.2%

Urban area

15.5 km2

19.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wijchen in country Netherlands

Wijchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	50 km	NorthWest
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	75 km	West
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	85 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rijntakken	NL	7.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wijchen

Type of weather in Wijchen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam