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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8401,Lat: 51.1811
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:53:27am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	West-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Oostende
Name Commune	Middelkerke

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Middelkerke	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Middelkerke-Bad	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Leffinge	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Slijpe	2.9 km	South
5 Raversijde	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	112 km	EastSouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	194 km	NorthEast
3 London	England	206 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 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 21.1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 23 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Polders

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ostend-Bruges International Airport (at a distance of 2.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.7 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

44.9 km2

76.6%

Urban area

5.7 km2

9.7%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wilskerke in country Belgium

Wilskerke at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	27 km	East
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	75 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	94 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Duingebieden inclusief Ijzermonding en Zwin.	BE	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Middelkerke

Type of weather in Middelkerke	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam