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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9623,Lat: 52.7272
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	5:14:23am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Overijssel
Official website region	Official link Overijssel
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Steenwijkerland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Baarlo	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Muggenbeet	2.5 km	NorthEast
3 Nederland	3.2 km	North
4 Moespot	4.3 km	South
5 Wetering	4.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	82 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	237 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	347 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 57 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Giethoornsche Meer (1 km² at a distance of 2.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 51.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 94 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 42 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

15.5 km2

19.7%

Agriculture

58.2 km2

74%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blokzijl in country Netherlands

Blokzijl at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	16 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	23 km	NorthWest
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	45 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wieden	NL	0.4 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

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Current weather at Blokzijl

Type of weather in Blokzijl	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:21 Europe/Amsterdam