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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.353,Lat: 52.9568
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	20:29:08pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Ooststellingwerf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ravenswoud	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Fochteloo	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Langedijke	5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Oosterwolde	5.7 km	NorthWest
5 Hijkersmilde	5.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	118 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	272 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	373 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 7.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 43.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 72%, low location: 28%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 130 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

19.5%

Nature

4 km2

5.1%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

52.6 km2

66.9%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Appelscha in country Netherlands

Appelscha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	9.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	47 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	53 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	NL	1.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Een

Type of weather in Een	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:21 Europe/Amsterdam