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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.6501,Lat: 51.1053
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	18:02:31pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	West-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Veurne
Name Commune	Koksijde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Koksijde-Bad	2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Oostduinkerke	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sint-Idesbald	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Oosthoek	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Oostduinkerke-Bad	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	123 km	EastSouthEast
2 London	England	194 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	210 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Blankaard (0.6 km² at a distance of 17.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 7.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 90%, low location: 10%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Polders

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 131 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

2.3%

Nature

5.8 km2

9.1%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

28.1 km2

44.2%

Urban area

18.8 km2

29.6%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

4.6%

Rock-Sand

2.6 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Koksijde in country Belgium

Koksijde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	42 km	East
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	76 km	SouthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	95 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Westkust	BE	0.4 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Koksijde

Type of weather in Koksijde	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam