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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.298,Lat: 51.0717
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	9:51:27am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Mechelen
Name Commune	Puurs

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Puurs	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Liezele	1.8 km	SouthWest
3 Sauvegarde	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 De Wolf	2.2 km	South
5 Eikevliet	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	25 km	South
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	151 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	208 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Hazewinkel (0.7 km² at a distance of 5.3 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 25.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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 23 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 17 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

7.3%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

40.7 km2

51.8%

Urban area

26.9 km2

34.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kalfort in country Belgium

Kalfort at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	13 km	EastSouthEast
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	18 km	NorthNorthEast
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	25 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	0.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Puurs

Type of weather in Puurs	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam