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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.7242,Lat: 51.0539
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:16pm
Population	217000 (5th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Gent
Name Commune	Gent

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Drongen	4.3 km	West
2 Afsnee	4.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Destelbergen	5.2 km	East
4 Oude Bareel	5.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sint-Denijs-Westrem	5.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	50 km	EastSouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	168 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	235 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 (reservoir) is Spaarbekken (1.1 km² at a distance of 10.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 18.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 87%, low location: 13%, 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
Zandstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

15.5 km2

19.8%

Urban area

54 km2

68.8%

Infrastructure

5.4 km2

6.8%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gent in country Belgium

Gent at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	39 km	WestNorthWest
2 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	50 km	EastSouthEast
3 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	51 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	3.7 km	East

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Gent
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Filming Location	IMDB Gent
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ghent

Type of weather in Ghent	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:50 Europe/Amsterdam