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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.239,Lat: 50.4739
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	10:37:55am
Name province/region (Région)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Douai
Name	Orchies

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Auchy-lez-Orchies	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Nomain	3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Beuvry-la-Forêt	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Coutiches	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Landas	3.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	89 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	192 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	228 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 84 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 15.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 6.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.4 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Pévèle - Paysages de Pévéle et de la plaine de la Scarpe

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

69.2 km2

88.1%

Urban area

7.5 km2

9.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orchies in country France

Orchies at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	18 km	NorthEast
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	22 km	East
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	33 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Forts de Raismes / Saint Amand / Wallers et Marchiennes et plaine alluviale de la Scarpe	FR	3.7 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orchies

Type of weather in Orchies	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam