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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8827,Lat: 50.7858
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	7:59:21am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	West-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Ieper
Name Commune	Heuvelland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mesen	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Sint-Elooi	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Voormezele	3.5 km	North
4 Wulvergem	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Kemmel	4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	104 km	East
2 London	England	218 km	WestNorthWest
3 Paris	France	219 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 41 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Blankaard (0.6 km² at a distance of 22.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 6.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.5 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 113 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

72.4 km2

92.1%

Urban area

3 km2

3.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wijtschate in country Belgium

Wijtschate at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	41 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	53 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	59 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Westvlaams Heuvelland	BE	0.3 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mesen

Type of weather in Mesen	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam