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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8475,Lat: 50.7549
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	18:32:40pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Oost-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Aalst
Name Commune	Geraardsbergen
Other place with same name 1	Planken Planken -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Goeferdinge	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Duitsenbroek	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Zarlardinge	1.6 km	NorthWest
4 Deux-Acren	2.7 km	South
5 Everbeek-Beneden	2.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	37 km	East
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	194 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	207 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 64 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 Donkmeer (0.8 km² at a distance of 32 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 33.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 48 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

69.3%

Urban area

20.2 km2

25.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Planken in country Belgium

Planken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	36 km	South
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	36 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)	Belgium	37 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallées de la Dendre et de la Marcq	BE	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Overboelare

Type of weather in Overboelare	broken clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam