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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8037,Lat: 51.0327
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	5:06:18am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Gent
Name Commune	Destelbergen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hullendries	2 km	South
2 Destelbergen	3.2 km	North
3 Laarne	3.3 km	East
4 Zand	3.6 km	East
5 Ten Hede	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	44 km	EastSouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	167 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	229 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 33 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 11.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 19.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 82%, low location: 18%, 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 50 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

38.2 km2

48.6%

Urban area

36.5 km2

46.5%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heusden in country Belgium

Heusden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	44 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	45 km	WestNorthWest
3 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)	Belgium	45 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	1.1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Heusden
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Destelbergen

Type of weather in Destelbergen	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam