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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.083,Lat: 50.3742
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	10:36:39am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Douai
Name	Douai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Waziers	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cuincy	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Lambres-lez-Douai	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Sin-le-Noble	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Lauwin-Planque	3.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	104 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	178 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	234 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 88 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 24 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 22.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Le bassin douaisien - Paysages miniers

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.4%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

31.2 km2

39.8%

Urban area

40.1 km2

51.1%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Douai in country France

Douai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	25 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	34 km	NorthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	34 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses mtallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe	FR	3.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Douai

Type of weather in Douai	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam