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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5476,Lat: 50.3525
Elevation	197 meter above sea level
Local time	1:18:46am
Name province/regionRégion	Région wallone
Name Province	Hainaut
Name Arrondissement	Charleroi
Name Commune	Gerpinnes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Acoz	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Quartier des Nations	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gougnies	2.2 km	East
4 Gerpinnes	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Joncret	2.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	57 km	North
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	140 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	226 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 113 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.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 18.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 25.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 43%, hill: 57%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Condroz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport (at a distance of 14 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

23.4%

Agriculture

45.2 km2

57.5%

Urban area

14.7 km2

18.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Villers-Poterie in country Belgium

Villers-Poterie 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	32 km	WestNorthWest
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	41 km	WestNorthWest
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	51 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée du Ruisseau d'Acoz	BE	3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gerpinnes

Type of weather in Gerpinnes	fog
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam