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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8095,Lat: 50.7284
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	1:11:26am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Soignies
Name Commune	Lessines

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kenimont	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ogy	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Lessines	2.4 km	SouthEast
4 Houraing	3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Deux-Acren	3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	40 km	EastNorthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	198 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	207 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 67 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 (0.5 km² at a distance of 30.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 29.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 51 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

58.4 km2

74.3%

Urban area

16.1 km2

20.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ghoy in country Belgium

Ghoy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	33 km	WestSouthWest
2 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	33 km	South
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	35 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallées de la Dendre et de la Marcq	BE	3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lessines

Type of weather in Lessines	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:48 Europe/Amsterdam