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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.9911,Lat: 51.0662
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	23:34:52pm
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Dendermonde
Name Commune	Zele

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vlaschaard	1.5 km	SouthEast
2 Donk	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Spoele	2.6 km	North
4 Heiende	3.2 km	NorthWest
5 Zele	3.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	35 km	SouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	158 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	222 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 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 Donkmeer (0.8 km² at a distance of 2.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 16.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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
Zandstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 36 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

50 km2

63.7%

Urban area

23.5 km2

29.9%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heikant in country Belgium

Heikant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	33 km	EastNorthEast
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	34 km	East
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	35 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Durme en Middenloop van de Schelde	BE	1.4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zele

Type of weather in Zele	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam