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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4729,Lat: 51.8241
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	19:04:03pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Gelderland
Official website region	Official link Gelderland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	West Maas en Waal
Other place with same name 1	Alphen Noord-Brabant - Alphen-Chaam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Greffeling	0.9 km	NorthEast
2 Oijen	2.1 km	East
3 Moordhuizen	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Nieuwe Schans	2.3 km	NorthEast
5 Lithoijen	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	73 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	134 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	251 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 85 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Zuiderplas (0.7 km² at a distance of 19 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

69.4 km2

88.4%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

5.3 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alphen in country Netherlands

Alphen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	37 km	NorthWest
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	57 km	West
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	72 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rijntakken	NL	4.2 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente West Maas en Waal

Type of weather in Gemeente West Maas en Waal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam