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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.4858,Lat: 50.96
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	2:12:16am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Gent
Name Commune	Zulte

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schachelaar	1.4 km	SouthEast
2 Gottem	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Grammene	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Olsene	3 km	SouthWest
5 Kruiske	3.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	62 km	EastSouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	185 km	NorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	241 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 46 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 (reservoir) is Spaarbekken (1.1 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 30.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 76%, low location: 24%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 70 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

60.1 km2

76.5%

Urban area

17.3 km2

22%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Machelen in country Belgium

Machelen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	33 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	40 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	56 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen en heiden van zandig Vlaanderen: oostelijk deel	BE	2.8 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zulte

Type of weather in Zulte	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam