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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.8027,Lat: 50.274
Elevation	148 meter above sea level
Local time	8:21:22am
Name province/region (Région)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Name	Mecquignies

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Audignies	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Obies	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Bavay	2.5 km	North
4 Hargnies	3.8 km	SouthEast
5 La Longueville	4.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	75 km	NorthEast
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	182 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paris	France	191 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 117 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Marais d'Harchies (0.9 km² at a distance of 21.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 6.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Le plateau hennuyer - Paysages hennuyers

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 85 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.1 km2

21.8%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

52.9 km2

67.4%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mecquignies in country France

Mecquignies at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	18 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)	Belgium	21 km	NorthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	28 km	NorthWest

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	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bavay

Type of weather in Bavay	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:52 Europe/Amsterdam