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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5598,Lat: 52.2208
Elevation	-3 meter above sea level
Local time	10:02:10am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Haarlemmermeer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kaag	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Sassenheim	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Abbenes	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Teijlingen	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Oud Ade	3.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	28 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	154 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Kagerplassen (4.7 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 81 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 17 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

62.3 km2

79.3%

Urban area

10.2 km2

12.9%

Water - Lakes

4.6 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buitenkaag in country Netherlands

Buitenkaag at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	9.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	28 km	EastNorthEast
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	34 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kennemerland-Zuid	NL	8.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sassenheim

Type of weather in Sassenheim	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam