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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4105,Lat: 51.4461
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	18:55:19pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Antwerpen
Name Commune	Essen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heikant	2.5 km	East
2 Huijbergen	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Plantage Centrum	3.1 km	NorthWest
4 Wildert	4.1 km	SouthEast
5 Hollandsdiep	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	67 km	South
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	109 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	238 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Grote Put - Ekerse Putten (0.5 km² at a distance of 17.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 1.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, 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
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.2 km2

23.2%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

51.4%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Essenhoek in country Belgium

Essenhoek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	25 km	South
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	46 km	South
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	51 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Brabantse Wal	NL	1.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Essen

Type of weather in Essen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam