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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.2192,Lat: 50.9934
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	8:14:22am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dunkerque
Name	Loon-Plage

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Craywick	5.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bourbourg	5.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Gravelines	5.7 km	West
4 Grande-Synthe	6.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Brouckerque	6.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	151 km	East
2 London	England	167 km	WestNorthWest
3 Paris	France	238 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthWest).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 5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 24.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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
Le port industriel - Paysages des dunes de la mer du Nord

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 159 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.8 km2

3.7%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

46.5 km2

60.9%

Urban area

10.4 km2

13.7%

Infrastructure

9.1 km2

11.9%

Rock-Sand

2.4 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Loon-Plage in country France

Loon-Plage at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	74 km	EastNorthEast
2 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	WestNorthWest
3 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	93 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bancs des Flandres	FR	4.7 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Loon-Plage
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Loon-Plage

Type of weather in Loon-Plage	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam