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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7785,Lat: 50.3965
Elevation	93 meter above sea level
Local time	2:53:10am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Mons
Name Commune	Dour

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boussu-Bois	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Wihéries	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Warquignies	3.1 km	East
4 Blaugies	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Petit-Dour	3.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	64 km	NorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	190 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paris	France	201 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 104 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 8.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 4.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.7 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 75 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.1 km2

7.7%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

49.4 km2

62.9%

Urban area

20.9 km2

26.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dour in country Belgium

Dour at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	6 km	NorthEast
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	15 km	East
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	18 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bois de Colfontaine	BE	1.5 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at

Type of weather in
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
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Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam