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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3679,Lat: 53.128
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	17:32:09pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Westerkwartier
Official website subregion	Official link Westerkwartier
Wiki-website former subregion	Leek

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oostindië	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Boerenstreek	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Nieuw-Roden	2 km	East
4 Zevenhuizen	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Veldstreek	3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	130 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	289 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	392 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 6.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 54.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 76 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, 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 142 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 14 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

4.9%

Agriculture

62.8 km2

80%

Urban area

10.3 km2

13.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blauw in country Netherlands

Blauw at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	9.7 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	56 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	68 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	5.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Leek

Type of weather in Gemeente Leek	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam