Hotels at Casteau booking.com

Casteau

Booking.com

Casteau

General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.009,Lat: 50.5123
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	5:42:04am
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Soignies
Name Commune	Soignies

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Les Bruyères	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 La Saisinne	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Saint-Denis	2.5 km	South
4 Thieusies	2.8 km	East
5 La Gage	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	44 km	NorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	182 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	216 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 92 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 Marais d'Harchies (0.5 km² at a distance of 23.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 17.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 55 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

45.9 km2

58.4%

Urban area

17.3 km2

22%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Casteau in country Belgium

Casteau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	9.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)	Belgium	9.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	15 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de l'Aubrecheuil	BE	0.3 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Casteau
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Casteau
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Masnuy-Saint-Jean

Type of weather in Masnuy-Saint-Jean	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam