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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9705,Lat: 52.9688
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:50:52pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Heerenveen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oranjewoud	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Langezwaag	2.9 km	NorthEast
3 Heerenveen	3.3 km	West
4 Luxwoude	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Katlijk	3.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	98 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	261 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	374 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Nannewijd (0.9 km² at a distance of 7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 62.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 88 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
Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 110 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

5.1%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

57.5 km2

73.2%

Urban area

15 km2

19.1%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of De Knijpe in country Netherlands

De Knijpe 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	24 km	WestSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	29 km	EastNorthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	39 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Deelen	NL	6.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at De Knipe

Type of weather in De Knipe	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam