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General information - Location

CountryNetherlands
Location in country Northeast
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 6.1013,Lat: 53.1144 marker
Elevation2 meter above sea level
Local time3:15:30am
Name province/region (Provincie)Friesland
Official website regionOfficial link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)Smallingerland

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Drachtstercompagnie3.5 km NorthEast
2 Rottevalle3.7 km North
3 Opeinde3.9 km NorthWest
4 Kortehemmen4 km SouthWest
5 De Wilgen4.7 km WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 AmsterdamNetherlands116 km SouthWest
2 Brussel   Belgium280 km SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg390 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is De Leijen (2.9 km2 at a distance of 4.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 67.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 127 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   0.8 km2 
 1% 
 Wet nature   0.1 km2 
 0.1% 
 Agriculture   55.5 km2 
 70.6% 
 Urban area   19.3 km2 
 24.6% 
 Water - Lakes   1.6 km2 
 2% 

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Location of Drachten in country Netherlands


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Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Colonies of BenevolenceBelgium,Netherlands21 km EastSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)Netherlands41 km SouthWest
3 Schokland and SurroundingsNetherlands57 km SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Wijnjeterper ScharNL6.4 km SouthSouthEast

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