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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.0989,Lat: 50.4571
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	17:23:22pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Région wallone
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Soignies
Name Commune	La Louvière

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boussoit	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Strépy	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Thieu	2 km	North
4 Cité des Charbonnages	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Bray	2.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	47 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	173 km	SouthEast
3 Paris	France	220 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 98 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 Marais d'Harchies (0.5 km² at a distance of 28.7 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 12.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 56 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.7%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

48.9 km2

62.2%

Urban area

22 km2

28%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Maurage in country Belgium

Maurage 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	3.8 km	NorthEast
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	19 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de la Haine en amont de Mons	BE	0.7 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Maurage
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Louvière

Type of weather in La Louvière	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam