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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.6617,Lat: 50.2345
Elevation	135 meter above sea level
Local time	18:40:02pm
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Name	Potelle

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jolimetz	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Louvignies-Quesnoy	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Villereau	1.9 km	East
4 Le Quesnoy	2.3 km	NorthWest
5 Raucourt-au-Bois	2.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	84 km	NorthEast
2 Paris	France	182 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	190 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 122 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 Étang du Vignoble (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 8.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.7 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Les ondulations hennuyères - Paysages hennuyers

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 94 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.9 km2

19%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

54.3 km2

69.1%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Potelle in country France

Potelle at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	26 km	NorthEast
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	27 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	31 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Forts de Mormal et de Bois l'Evque, Bois de la Lanire et Plaine alluviale de la Sambre	FR	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Le Quesnoy

Type of weather in Le Quesnoy	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam