Hotels at Houtem booking.com

Houtem

Booking.com

Houtem

General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9722,Lat: 51.2316
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	18:24:45pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Turnhout
Name Commune	Kasterlee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kasterlee	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Goor	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Terlo	2.2 km	NorthEast
4 Aard	3.1 km	South
5 Vorsel	3.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	61 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	127 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	198 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Miramar (0.8 km² at a distance of 10.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 14.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, 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 Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.2 km2

19.3%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

47.9 km2

61%

Urban area

13.3 km2

16.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houtem in country Belgium

Houtem 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	40 km	West
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	41 km	WestSouthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	59 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valleigebied van de Kleine Nete met brongebieden, moerassen en heiden	BE	2.4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kasterlee

Type of weather in Kasterlee	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam