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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0436,Lat: 53.1705
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:36:19pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Oldambt
Official website subregion	Official link Oldambt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meerland	1.3 km	North
2 Oostereinde	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ekamp	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Niesoord	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Heiligerlee	2.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	170 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	318 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	401 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Hondshalstermeer (1.4 km² at a distance of 9.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 9.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.6 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 181 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 32 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5 km2

6.4%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

45.7 km2

58.2%

Urban area

16.6 km2

21.1%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blauwestad in country Netherlands

Blauwestad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	46 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	98 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	104 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	9.5 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Oldambt

Type of weather in Gemeente Oldambt	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam