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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9486,Lat: 51.3231
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	3:08:49am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Turnhout
Name Commune	Turnhout

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Papenbrugge	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Oosthoven	2.3 km	NorthEast
3 Oud-Turnhout	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Zevendonk	3.7 km	South
5 Vosselaar	4.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	67 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	117 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	208 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 48 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Miramar (0.8 km² at a distance of 16.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 8.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 33 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.2 km2

13%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

38.4 km2

48.8%

Urban area

25.7 km2

32.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Turnhout in country Belgium

Turnhout at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	40 km	WestSouthWest
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	46 km	SouthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	66 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vennen, heiden en moerassen rond Turnhout	BE	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Turnhout
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Turnhout

Type of weather in Turnhout	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam