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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4805,Lat: 51.028
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	3:40:13am
Population	64000 (10th largest city in country)
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Mechelen
Name Commune	Mechelen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Battel	2.9 km	NorthWest
2 Hombeek	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Dorstveld	3.5 km	East
4 Elzestraat	3.5 km	North
5 Hofstade	4.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	22 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	153 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	197 km	SouthSouthEast

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 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 36.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, The surroundings of the place is highly 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 14 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 18 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

3.1%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

35.5 km2

45.2%

Urban area

34.3 km2

43.7%

Infrastructure

2.8 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mechelen in country Belgium

Mechelen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	0.6 km	NorthWest
2 Stoclet House	Belgium	22 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	22 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek	BE	1.4 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mechelen

Type of weather in Mechelen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam