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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4446,Lat: 51.4522
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	16:07:23pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Antwerpen
Name Commune	Essen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hollandsdiep	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Essen	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Essenhoek	2.5 km	West
4 Wildert	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Nispen	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	68 km	South
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	107 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	237 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Grote Put - Ekerse Putten (0.5 km² at a distance of 18.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 1.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.7 km2

9.8%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

53.8 km2

68.6%

Urban area

12.4 km2

15.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heikant in country Belgium

Heikant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	26 km	South
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	47 km	South
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	50 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kalmthoutse Heide	BE	2.6 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Essen

Type of weather in Essen	few clouds
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam