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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.7157,Lat: 51.1484
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	23:21:16pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	West-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Veurne
Name Commune	Nieuwpoort

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Groenendijk-Bad	1.4 km	SouthWest
2 Jachthavenwijk	1.7 km	SouthEast
3 Mariapark	2.8 km	SouthWest
4 Lombardsijde	2.9 km	East
5 Nieuwpoort	3.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	120 km	EastSouthEast
2 London	England	198 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	203 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Blankaard (0.6 km² at a distance of 19.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 13.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 93%, low location: 7%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Duinen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 127 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

1.2%

Nature

2.5 km2

5.7%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

Agriculture

18 km2

40.3%

Urban area

12.3 km2

27.6%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

2.9 km2

6.5%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee in country Belgium

Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	36 km	East
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	77 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	96 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Westkust	BE	0.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nieuwpoort

Type of weather in Nieuwpoort	few clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam