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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.6218,Lat: 50.4835
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	2:02:52am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Pas-de-Calais
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Béthune
Name	Houchin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Drouvin-le-Marais	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vaudricourt	2.1 km	North
3 Ruitz	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Verquin	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune	2.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	129 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	183 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	213 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 65 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 is Mare à Goriaux (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 57.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 29.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 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
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 km2

3.8%

Nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

42.5 km2

54.1%

Urban area

29.8 km2

37.9%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houchin in country France

Houchin at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	55 km	SouthEast
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	56 km	East
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	66 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses mtallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe	FR	28 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Verquin

Type of weather in Verquin	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam