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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9158,Lat: 51.1063
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	18:44:18pm
Name province/region (Région#Gewest#Region)Région	Vlaams Gewest
Wiki-website Province (Province#Provincie#Provinz)	Antwerpen
Name Arrondissement	Turnhout
Name Commune	Westerlo
Other place with same name 1	Tongerlo Limburg - Peel en Maas
Other place with same name 2	Tongerlo Vlaams Gewest - Limburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Geneinde	1.5 km	West
2 Westerlo	2.2 km	South
3 Zammel	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Trienekant	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Bergom	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	49 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	141 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	187 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction NorthWest).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 18.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 27.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (at a distance of 33 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

16.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

52.1%

Urban area

22 km2

28%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tongerlo in country Belgium

Tongerlo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	32 km	West
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	38 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	46 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bovenloop van de Grote Nete met Zammelsbroek, Langdonken en Goor.	BE	2 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westerlo

Type of weather in Westerlo	snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam