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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4141,Lat: 51.0317
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	2:41:26am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Mechelen
Name Commune	Mechelen
Other place with same name 1	Leest Brandenburg -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heffen	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Battel	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hombeek	2.7 km	SouthEast
4 Plein	2.7 km	South
5 Krekelenberg	3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	21 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	153 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	200 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 37 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Hazewinkel (0.7 km² at a distance of 3.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 33.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, 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 15 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 18 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

4.7%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

42 km2

53.4%

Urban area

26.4 km2

33.7%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leest in country Belgium

Leest at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	4.2 km	East
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	21 km	North
3 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	21 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen van het zuidoosten van de Zandleemstreek	BE	2.8 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Triest

Type of weather in Triest	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	08:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:36 Europe/Amsterdam