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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4445,Lat: 50.4116
Elevation	119 meter above sea level
Local time	3:09:34am
Population	221000 (4th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Charleroi
Name Commune	Charleroi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Loverval	4.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ransart	5.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Bouffioulx	5.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Montigny-le-Tilleul	5.9 km	SouthWest
5 Bomerée	6.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	49 km	North
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	150 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	221 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de l'Eau d'Heure (2 km² at a distance of 21.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 22.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Condroz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (at a distance of 5.3 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

4.2%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

6.3 km2

Urban area

64.4 km2

82%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Charleroi in country Belgium

Charleroi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)	Belgium	23 km	WestNorthWest
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	33 km	West
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	43 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Trou des Sarrazins à Loverval	BE	5.6 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Charleroi

Type of weather in Charleroi	moderate rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam