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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6633,Lat: 52.1298
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	4:25:22am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Alphen aan den Rijn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 's-Molenaarsbuurt	1.9 km	NorthWest
2 Gnephoek	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ridderbuurt	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Hoorn	3.9 km	West
5 Koudekerk aan den Rijn	4.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	31 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	144 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	299 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zegerplas (0.6 km² at a distance of 1.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 69.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 21 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

55.4 km2

70.5%

Urban area

19 km2

24.1%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alphen aan den Rijn in country Netherlands

Alphen aan den Rijn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	17 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	28 km	South
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	28 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nieuwkoopse Plassen & De Haeck	NL	5.8 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Alphen aan den Rijn

Type of weather in Alphen aan den Rijn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	08:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam