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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.6656,Lat: 50.1636
Elevation	157 meter above sea level
Local time	14:34:12pm
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Name	Preux-au-Bois

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Robersart	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Hecq	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Fontaine-au-Bois	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Englefontaine	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Bousies	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	90 km	NorthEast
2 Paris	France	175 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	187 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 129 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 23 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 15.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Mormal - Paysages avesnois

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.8 km2

35.4%

Nature

4.7 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

40.8 km2

51.9%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Preux-au-Bois in country France

Preux-au-Bois 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	31 km	West
2 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	33 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	34 km	North

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	2.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Englefontaine

Type of weather in Englefontaine	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam