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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.148,Lat: 50.6194
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	7:10:43am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lille
Name	Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lezennes	2.5 km	West
2 Tressin	3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Forest-sur-Marque	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Anstaing	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Sainghin-en-Mélantois	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	89 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	205 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	230 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 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 31.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 7.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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 99 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 7.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

35.4%

Urban area

42.2 km2

53.7%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

2.8%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villeneuve-d'Ascq in country France

Villeneuve-d'Ascq at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	17 km	East
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	33 km	SouthEast
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	50 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de l'Escaut en aval de Tournai	BE	14 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Type of weather in Villeneuve-d'Ascq	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam