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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3283,Lat: 50.4868
Elevation	159 meter above sea level
Local time	6:21:51am
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Charleroi
Name Commune	Courcelles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Trazegnies	2.6 km	South
2 Godarville	3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Pont-à-Celles	3.5 km	NorthEast
4 Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Souvret	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	40 km	North
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	161 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	214 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 95 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 29.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 24.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 47 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (at a distance of 9.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.2%

Nature

3.9 km2

Agriculture

51.2 km2

65.2%

Urban area

19 km2

24.2%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gouy-lez-Piéton in country Belgium

Gouy-lez-Piéton 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	14 km	West
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	26 km	West
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	35 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée du Piéton	BE	1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at L'Aulnois

Type of weather in L'Aulnois	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam