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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8538,Lat: 51.0388
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	18:14:03pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Dendermonde
Name Commune	Laarne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Laarne	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Steentje	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Heesvelde	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Gouden Hand	3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Magret	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	41 km	SouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	165 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	227 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 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 Donkmeer (0.8 km² at a distance of 8.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 18.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 95%, low location: 5%, 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 47 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 46 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

52.2 km2

66.5%

Urban area

24.4 km2

31%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zand in country Belgium

Zand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	41 km	SouthEast
2 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)	Belgium	43 km	SouthEast
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	43 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	1.6 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laarne

Type of weather in Laarne	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam