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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.0751,Lat: 50.8309
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	3:12:11am
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Vlaams Brabant
Name Arrondissement	Halle-Vilvoorde
Name Commune	Roosdaal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pamel	1.4 km	North
2 Ledeberg	1.6 km	NorthEast
3 Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Okegem	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Strijtem	3.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	20 km	East
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	181 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	200 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 56 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 23 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 43.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, 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
Zandleemstreek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 30 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.8%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

51.5 km2

65.5%

Urban area

25.4 km2

32.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poelk in country Belgium

Poelk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Grand-Place, Brussels	Belgium	20 km	East
2 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)	Belgium	20 km	East
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	24 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bossen van de Vlaamse Ardennen en andere Zuidvlaamse bossen.	BE	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ledeberg

Type of weather in Ledeberg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam