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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8651,Lat: 50.5701
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	11:22:57am
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Nord
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lille
Name	Wicres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herlies	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Marquillies	1.8 km	South
3 Fournes-en-Weppes	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Illies	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Sainghin-en-Weppes	2.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	109 km	East
2 Paris	France	195 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	225 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 62 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 43.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 13.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 campagnes urbaines nord et ouest - Paysages métropolitains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 120 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 16 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

67.7 km2

86.2%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.5%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wicres in country France

Wicres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	37 km	East
2 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	50 km	EastSouthEast
3 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	51 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vallée de la Lys	BE	16 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Herlies

Type of weather in Herlies	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam