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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.442,Lat: 51.0155
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	18:44:18pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Mechelen
Name Commune	Mechelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Plein	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Leest	2.7 km	NorthWest
3 Mechelen	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Battel	3 km	North
5 Zemst-Laar	3.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	20 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	154 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	197 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 40 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 4.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 36.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 93%, low location: 7%, 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 13 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 19 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

42.5 km2

54.1%

Urban area

27.8 km2

35.4%

Infrastructure

2.7 km2

3.5%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hombeek in country Belgium

Hombeek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	20 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	20 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek	BE	0.9 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mechelen

Type of weather in Mechelen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam