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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7861,Lat: 53.2551
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:42:33am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Leeuwarderadeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cornjum	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Stiens	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Jelsum	2.2 km	South
4 Wijns	3.1 km	East
5 Finkum	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	115 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	286 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	406 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 6.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 93.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 126 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

68.8 km2

87.5%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.6%

Infrastructure

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Britsum in country Netherlands

Britsum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	46 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	47 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	69 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	5 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Britsum

Type of weather in Britsum	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:19 Europe/Amsterdam