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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2681,Lat: 52.6673
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	18:24:36pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	De Wolden
Other place with same name 1	De Wijk Gelderland - Voorst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 IJhorst	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rogat	2.6 km	North
3 Noordwijk	2.6 km	NorthEast
4 Staphorst	4.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Koekange	5.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	99 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	242 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	340 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 77 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 Beulakerwijde (16.6 km² at a distance of 10.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 30.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 110 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 55 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

65.4 km2

83.4%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of De Wijk in country Netherlands

De Wijk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	34 km	West
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	43 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	44 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wieden	NL	8 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Meppel

Type of weather in Gemeente Meppel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	08:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam