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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.6423,Lat: 51.2871
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:16:42am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Eeklo
Name Commune	Sint-Laureins

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Watervliet	1.6 km	SouthWest
2 Maagd van Gent	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Maagd van Gent	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Waterland-Oudeman	3.6 km	West
5 Lansdijk	3.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	70 km	SouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	149 km	NorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	257 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction NorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Spaarbekken (1.1 km² at a distance of 14.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 73 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.1 km2

0.1%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

75.8 km2

96.6%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of in country Belgium

at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	30 km	WestSouthWest
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	53 km	EastSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	65 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Polders	BE	0.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sint-Laureins

Type of weather in Sint-Laureins	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam