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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.0968,Lat: 51.1128
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	3:30:26am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Turnhout
Name Commune	Meerhout
Other place with same name 1	Gestel Vlaams Gewest - Antwerpen
Other place with same name 2	Gestel Vlaams Gewest - Limburg
Other place with same name 3	Gestel Bretagne - Morbihan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meerhout	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Zittaart	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Genendijk	3.2 km	South
4 Klein Vorst	3.6 km	SouthWest
5 Kwaadmechelen	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	60 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	141 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	183 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 65 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Miramar (0.8 km² at a distance of 11.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 19.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.1 km2

11.6%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

45.4 km2

57.9%

Urban area

20.8 km2

26.5%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gestel in country Belgium

Gestel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	45 km	West
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	50 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	57 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bovenloop van de Grote Nete met Zammelsbroek, Langdonken en Goor.	BE	2.4 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meerhout

Type of weather in Meerhout	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	08:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam