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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.2963,Lat: 50.4377
Elevation	182 meter above sea level
Local time	10:11:31am
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Charleroi
Name Commune	Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Forchies-la-Marche	1.7 km	East
2 Carnières	3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Fontaine-l'Évêque	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont	3.7 km	North
5 Anderlues	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	46 km	North
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	160 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	219 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 100 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de l'Eau d'Heure (2 km² at a distance of 24.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 18.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
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 11 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

41.6 km2

53.1%

Urban area

28.2 km2

36%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piéton in country Belgium

Piéton 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	12 km	WestNorthWest
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	23 km	West
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	33 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute-Sambre en aval de Thuin	BE	1.5 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Belle Fontaine

Type of weather in Belle Fontaine	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam