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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.1886,Lat: 50.6347
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	6:27:28am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lille
Name	Forest-sur-Marque

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tressin	2.1 km	South
2 Hem	2.6 km	North
3 Sailly-lez-Lannoy	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Anstaing	2.8 km	South
5 Chéreng	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	85 km	East
2 Paris	France	208 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	227 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Mare à Goriaux (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
La métropole dense - Paysages métropolitains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 11 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

37.3 km2

47.5%

Urban area

37 km2

47.1%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forest-sur-Marque in country France

Forest-sur-Marque at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	15 km	EastSouthEast
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	32 km	SouthEast
3 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	51 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de l'Escaut en aval de Tournai	BE	11 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forest-sur-Marque

Type of weather in Forest-sur-Marque	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam