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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0804,Lat: 50.5404
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	3:23:41am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lille
Name	Avelin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Attiches	2.4 km	SouthWest
2 Pont-à-Marcq	3.3 km	SouthEast
3 Ennevelin	3.4 km	East
4 Seclin	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Vendeville	3.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	96 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	196 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	240 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 72 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Mare à Goriaux (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 14 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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
La métropole dense - Paysages métropolitains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 107 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 2.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

53.2 km2

67.7%

Urban area

15 km2

19.1%

Infrastructure

4.1 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Avelin in country France

Avelin at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	23 km	EastNorthEast
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	34 km	EastSouthEast
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	42 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Les "Cinq Tailles"	FR	5.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Avelin

Type of weather in Avelin	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam