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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.62,Lat: 50.2254
Elevation	126 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:52am
Name province/region (Région)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Name	Ghissignies

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Louvignies-Quesnoy	1.6 km	East
2 Beaudignies	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Potelle	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Le Quesnoy	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Salesches	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	86 km	NorthEast
2 Paris	France	179 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	192 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 121 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 Étang du Vignoble (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 10.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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
Les ondulations hennuyères - Paysages hennuyers

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 97 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

4.7%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

7.3 km2

9.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ghissignies in country France

Ghissignies at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	27 km	North
2 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	28 km	NorthEast
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	28 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Forts de Mormal et de Bois l'Evque, Bois de la Lanire et Plaine alluviale de la Sambre	FR	4 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Le Quesnoy

Type of weather in Le Quesnoy	few clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam