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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6552,Lat: 52.5662
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:05:14pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Castricum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castricum	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Limmen	2.7 km	East
3 Egmond-Binnen	3.5 km	North
4 Noorddorp	4.8 km	South
5 Heiloo	4.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	27 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	193 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	345 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alkmaardermeer (5.9 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 118.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 166 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 79%, low location: 21%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Dunes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 30 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.5 km2

16.7%

Nature

13.4 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

31.3 km2

45.5%

Urban area

8.8 km2

12.7%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bakkum in country Netherlands

Bakkum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	9.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	17 km	East
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	27 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Noordhollands Duinreservaat	NL	0.2 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Castricum

Type of weather in Gemeente Castricum	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam