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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.3226,Lat: 50.6076
Elevation	46 meter above sea level
Local time	1:15:57am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Tournai
Name Commune	Tournai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Orcq	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lamain	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Blandain	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hertain	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 Froyennes	2.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	77 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	208 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	225 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 74 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 Étang d'Amaury (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 3.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.7 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 88 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

55.7 km2

70.9%

Urban area

21 km2

26.8%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Marquain in country Belgium

Marquain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	4.7 km	East
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	23 km	SouthEast
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	41 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de l'Escaut en aval de Tournai	BE	5.5 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at

Type of weather in
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
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Humidity:	%
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam