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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.0436,Lat: 50.5889
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	5:53:20am
Name province/region (Région)	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Wiki-website Subregion (Département)	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lille
Name	Wattignies

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Templemars	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Noyelles-lès-Seclin	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Faches-Thumesnil	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Vendeville	2.8 km	SouthEast
5 Loos	3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	97 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	200 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	236 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 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 34.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 15 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
La métropole dense - Paysages métropolitains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 107 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 4.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.7%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

29.4 km2

37.4%

Urban area

41.2 km2

52.4%

Infrastructure

4.1 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wattignies in country France

Wattignies at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	25 km	East
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	38 km	EastSouthEast
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	48 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Les "Cinq Tailles"	FR	11 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wattignies

Type of weather in Wattignies	clear sky
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam