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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6048,Lat: 50.4241
Elevation	135 meter above sea level
Local time	11:03:03am
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Charleroi
Name Commune	Aiseau-Presles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tamines	1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Falisolle	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Moignelée	2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Aiseau	2 km	SouthWest
5 Roselies	2.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	50 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	142 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	218 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 106 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de l'Eau d'Heure (2 km² at a distance of 27.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 32.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Condroz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (at a distance of 11 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.5%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

32.1 km2

40.8%

Urban area

33.6 km2

42.8%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oignies in country Belgium

Oignies 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	34 km	WestNorthWest
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	44 km	West
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	48 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Basse-Sambre	BE	0.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aiseau

Type of weather in Aiseau	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam