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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.6145,Lat: 50.5141
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	6:42:09am
Name province/region (Région)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Pas-de-Calais
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béthune
Name	Fouquières-lès-Béthune

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fouquereuil	0.8 km	North
2 Vaudricourt	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Gosnay	2.2 km	West
5 Verquin	2.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	128 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	186 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	211 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 62 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Blankaard (0.6 km² at a distance of 54.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 26.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Le bassin bruaysien et béthunois, les marches artésiennes - Paysages miniers

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 139 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

Nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

53.4%

Urban area

30 km2

38.3%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fouquières-lès-Béthune in country France

Fouquières-lès-Béthune at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	56 km	East
2 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	58 km	SouthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	66 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses, bois acides neutrocalcicoles, landes nord-atlantiques du plateau d'Helfaut et systme alluvial de la moyenne valle de l'Aa	FR	27 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fouquières-lès-Béthune

Type of weather in Fouquières-lès-Béthune	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:55 Europe/Amsterdam