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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.076,Lat: 50.9622
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	11:45:41am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Aalst
Name Commune	Aalst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herdersem	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 't Hoeksken	1.5 km	East
3 Doorn	1.7 km	South
4 Wieze	2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Moorsel	2.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	23 km	SouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	167 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	210 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction North).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 Donkmeer (0.8 km² at a distance of 10 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 29.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 49%, low location: 51%, 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
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 29 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 37 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

49.1 km2

62.5%

Urban area

28.3 km2

36%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Boskant in country Belgium

Boskant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	23 km	SouthEast
2 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)	Belgium	25 km	SouthEast
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	28 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek	BE	4 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aalst

Type of weather in Aalst	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam