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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4457,Lat: 51.0428
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	19:08:04pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Mechelen
Name Commune	Mechelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heffen	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Leest	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Walem	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mechelen	2.9 km	SouthEast
5 Hombeek	3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	23 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	151 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	199 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 37 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Grote Vijver (0.6 km² at a distance of 1.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 34 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, 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
Zandstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 16 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 16 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.6 km2

4.6%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

38 km2

48.4%

Urban area

30.2 km2

38.5%

Infrastructure

2.5 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Battel in country Belgium

Battel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	2.4 km	SouthEast
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	20 km	North
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	23 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Historische fortengordels van Antwerpen als vleermuizenhabitat.	BE	2 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pennepoel

Type of weather in Pennepoel	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam