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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.2427,Lat: 50.4552
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	2:08:11am
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Thuin
Name Commune	Morlanwelz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carnières	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cronfestu	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Bellecourt	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont	3.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	44 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	164 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	218 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 98 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.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 Lac de l'Eau d'Heure (2 km² at a distance of 27.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 18.6 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Leemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.4 km2

5.5%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

48%

Urban area

32.5 km2

41.3%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Morlanwelz in country Belgium

Morlanwelz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)	Belgium	8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	19 km	West
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	29 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Forêt de Mariemont	BE	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morlanwelz-Mariemont

Type of weather in Morlanwelz-Mariemont	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam