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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7956,Lat: 50.4341
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	14:22:09pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Mons
Name Commune	Boussu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hainin	2.2 km	West
2 Boussu-Bois	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Hautrage-Etat	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Tertre	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Thulin	4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	60 km	NorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	190 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paris	France	206 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 100 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Marais d'Harchies (0.9 km² at a distance of 7.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 8.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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
Leemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.3%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

36.8 km2

46.8%

Urban area

30.2 km2

38.5%

Infrastructure

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Boussu in country Belgium

Boussu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	3 km	East
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	13 km	East
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	18 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de la Haine en aval de Mons	BE	1.5 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Boussu

Type of weather in Boussu	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	14.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:49 Europe/Amsterdam