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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8211,Lat: 50.6245
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	18:15:26pm
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Ath
Name Commune	Ath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maffle	1.5 km	SouthWest
2 Arbre	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Attre	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Mévergnies-lez-Lens	3.1 km	SouthEast
5 Ath	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	45 km	EastNorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	200 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	208 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 78 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 is Marais d'Harchies (0.5 km² at a distance of 20.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 20.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 56 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

58.9 km2

74.9%

Urban area

17.1 km2

21.8%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponchau in country Belgium

Ponchau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	21 km	South
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	24 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	27 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallées de la Dendre et de la Marcq	BE	5.2 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Faubourg de Bruxelles

Type of weather in Faubourg de Bruxelles	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam