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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.76,Lat: 52.9744
Elevation	0 meter above sea level
Local time	1:44:33am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	De Friese Meren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boornzwaag	1.9 km	SouthWest
2 Snikzwaag	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Joure	3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Langweer	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Scharsterbrug	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	89 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	256 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	375 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 29 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 Langweerderwielen (2.3 km² at a distance of 0 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 74.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 100 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

61.6 km2

78.5%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.2%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Broek in country Netherlands

Broek 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	15 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	37 km	South
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	43 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sneekermeergebied	NL	2.1 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Joure

Type of weather in Joure	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam