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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4545,Lat: 51.1052
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	8:35:11am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Antwerpen
Name Commune	Kontich

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reet	3 km	West
2 Duffel	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Kontich	3.4 km	North
4 Rumst	3.8 km	SouthWest
5 Lint	3.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	30 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	144 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	205 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Grote Vijver (0.6 km² at a distance of 4.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 28.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 45%, low location: 55%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Zandstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 9.4 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.2%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

42.9 km2

54.6%

Urban area

27.8 km2

35.4%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Waarloos in country Belgium

Waarloos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	8.4 km	South
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	13 km	NorthNorthWest
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	30 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	4 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kontich

Type of weather in Kontich	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam