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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.5525,Lat: 51.3991
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:50:07am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zeeland
Official website region	Official link Zeeland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Sluis
Other place with same name 1	Breskens Vlaams Gewest - West-Vlanderen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nummer Eén	3.5 km	SouthEast
2 Groede	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Slijkplaat	4.2 km	SouthEast
4 Sasput	4.6 km	SouthEast
5 Schoondijke	4.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	83 km	SouthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	142 km	NorthEast
3 London	England	255 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Breskens lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Veerse Meer (22.2 km² at a distance of 16.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 10.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 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
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ostend-Bruges International Airport (at a distance of 53 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

4.4 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

30.8 km2

51.7%

Urban area

2.6 km2

4.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

17.5 km2

29.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Breskens in country Netherlands

Breskens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	31 km	SouthWest
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	62 km	EastSouthEast
3 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	76 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Westerschelde & Saeftinghe	NL	0.2 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Flushing

Type of weather in Flushing	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam