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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.3025,Lat: 51.3151
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	3:39:30am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	West-Vlanderen
Name Arrondissement	Brugge
Name Commune	Knokke-Heist

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Knokke-Heist	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Ramskapelle	3.7 km	West
3 Hoeke	3.7 km	SouthEast
4 Oostkerke	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Sint Anna ter Muiden	4.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	90 km	SouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	161 km	NorthEast
3 London	England	237 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Spaarbekken (1.1 km² at a distance of 32.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 3.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.4 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, 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
Polders

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 95 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ostend-Bruges International Airport (at a distance of 33 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.7%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

58.3 km2

75.6%

Urban area

11.9 km2

15.5%

Infrastructure

2 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westkapelle in country Belgium

Westkapelle at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	13 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	77 km	EastSouthEast
3 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	79 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Poldercomplex	BE	0.5 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Knokke-Heist

Type of weather in Knokke-Heist	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam