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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.3006,Lat: 50.7275
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	16:30:55pm
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Pas-de-Calais
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saint-Omer
Name	Arques

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blendecques	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Longuenesse	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Campagne-lès-Wardrecques	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Wardrecques	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Heuringhem	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	145 km	East
2 London	England	181 km	WestNorthWest
3 Paris	France	208 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Bassin de Mardyck (1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.3 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mont Cassel with a height of 175 meter (at a distance of 15 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 25 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Les marais Audomarois - Paysages audomarois

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

15.1%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

45.4 km2

57.7%

Urban area

18.3 km2

23.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arques in country France

Arques at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	78 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	84 km	NorthEast
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	90 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses, bois acides neutrocalcicoles, landes nord-atlantiques du plateau d'Helfaut et systme alluvial de la moyenne valle de l'Aa	FR	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arques

Type of weather in Arques	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam