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Gosselies
Hainauttown
Demographic figures from Statbel. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Gosselies sits in Hainaut, Belgium and is identified as a town. The settlement sits at 50.465°, 4.430°, a cool-temperate location in the northern hemisphere. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,108 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 43% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests long cool seasons and short, mild summers. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.8 — 2008-12-201 km WSW of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- M 3.3 — 2008-09-133 km SSE of Florennes, Belgium
- M 2.8 — 2008-09-121 km NNW of Court-Saint-Étienne, Belgium
- M 2.7 — 2008-08-091 km SW of Ottignies, Belgium
- M 2.6 — 2008-08-090 km NW of Ottignies, Belgium
- M 2.5 — 2008-08-081 km SSW of Ottignies, Belgium
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here





People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Hainaut
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Gosselies
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Gosselies, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
Statbel — Statistics Belgium
- NIS
- 52011P
- Wikidata
- Q900761
NIS/INS code via Wikidata P1567
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library
- • Statbel — Statistics Belgium — NIS/INS code via Wikidata P1567