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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2345,Lat: 53.2397
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	13:27:19pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Grootegast

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stroobos	1.5 km	West
2 Lutjegast	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gerkesklooster	2.2 km	West
4 Visvliet	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Burum	3.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	132 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	296 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	404 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 10.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 64.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 143 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 27 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

75.6 km2

96.2%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dorp in country Netherlands

Dorp at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	24 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	58 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	74 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauwersmeer	NL	9 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grootegast

Type of weather in Grootegast	clear sky
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam