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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6134,Lat: 52.9433
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	7:59:46am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Aa en Hunze

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ekehaar	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Eleveld	2.7 km	NorthWest
3 Nijlande	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Marwijksoord	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Grolloo	4.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	133 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	280 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	373 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 8.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 33.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 144 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 20 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

23.4%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

53.2 km2

67.7%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Amen in country Netherlands

Amen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	19 km	NorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	64 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	66 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Assen

Type of weather in Gemeente Assen	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	16 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam