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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4212,Lat: 51.0482
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	18:53:37pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Mechelen
Name Commune	Mechelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Battel	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Leest	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Heindonk	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Krekelenberg	2.9 km	West
5 Walem	3.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	23 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	151 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	201 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 36 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 1.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, 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 17 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

Nature

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.5%

Urban area

27.2 km2

34.6%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

4.2 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heffen in country Belgium

Heffen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	19 km	North
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	23 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Heffen
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam