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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8269,Lat: 51.1629
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	4:28:42am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Turnhout
Name Commune	Herentals

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herentals	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Noorderwijk	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Diependaal	2.7 km	NorthEast
4 Kapelleblok	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Olen	3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	48 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	135 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	196 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 45 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Miramar (0.8 km² at a distance of 21.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 26.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 24%, low location: 76%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 26 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

19.1%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

35.7 km2

45.5%

Urban area

25.9 km2

32.9%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Molekens in country Belgium

Molekens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	29 km	WestSouthWest
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	31 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	46 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valleigebied van de Kleine Nete met brongebieden, moerassen en heiden	BE	2.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Antwerp Province

Type of weather in Antwerp Province	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam