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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3214,Lat: 50.4118
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	14:53:35pm
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Charleroi
Name Commune	Fontaine-l'Évêque

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leernes	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Goutroux	2.5 km	East
3 Forchies-la-Marche	2.9 km	North
4 Piéton	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Bruyère la Haute	3.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	48 km	North
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	157 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	222 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 103 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 21.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 17.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 56 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (at a distance of 11 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10 km2

12.8%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

39.5 km2

50.3%

Urban area

25.7 km2

32.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontaine-l'Évêque in country Belgium

Fontaine-l'Évêque 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	15 km	NorthWest
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	24 km	West
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	34 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haute-Sambre en aval de Thuin	BE	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Belle Fontaine

Type of weather in Belle Fontaine	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam