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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3015,Lat: 51.037
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	0:10:52am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Vlaams Brabant
Name Arrondissement	Halle-Vilvoorde
Name Commune	Londerzeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sint-Jozef	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 De Wolf	1.7 km	North
3 Breendonk	1.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lippelo	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Liezele	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	21 km	South
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	154 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	205 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Hazewinkel (0.7 km² at a distance of 6.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 28.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 85%, low location: 15%, 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
Zandstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 20 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 20 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

49.9 km2

63.6%

Urban area

24.2 km2

30.9%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achterheide in country Belgium

Achterheide at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	12 km	East
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	21 km	NorthNorthEast
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	21 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Historische fortengordels van Antwerpen als vleermuizenhabitat.	BE	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Puurs

Type of weather in Puurs	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam