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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7099,Lat: 52.9523
Elevation	0 meter above sea level
Local time	19:13:04pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	De Friese Meren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langweer	1.1 km	NorthEast
2 Legemeer	1.8 km	SouthEast
3 Teroele	1.9 km	SouthWest
4 Boornzwaag	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Idskenhuizen	2.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	85 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	252 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	373 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 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 Koevordermeer (3.7 km² at a distance of 0.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 76.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 107 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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 96 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.3%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

64.9 km2

82.7%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

8.6 km2

10.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dijken in country Netherlands

Dijken 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	12 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	35 km	South
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	47 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Witte en Zwarte Brekken	NL	3.3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sint Nicolaasga

Type of weather in Sint Nicolaasga	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam