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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.0893,Lat: 51.0831
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	2:51:16am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Dendermonde
Name Commune	Hamme

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zogge	0.8 km	South
2 Sint-Anna	1.6 km	NorthWest
3 Langevelde	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Durmen	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Huivelde	2.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	32 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	154 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	219 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 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 is Donkmeer (0.8 km² at a distance of 8.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 17.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 89%, low location: 11%, 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 34 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 29 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

50.8 km2

64.6%

Urban area

24.9 km2

31.6%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hooigat in country Belgium

Hooigat 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	26 km	EastNorthEast
2 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	28 km	EastSouthEast
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	32 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schelde- en Durmeëstuarium van de Nederlandse grens tot Gent	BE	2.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hamme

Type of weather in Hamme	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	08:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam