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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3405,Lat: 52.9855
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	17:24:33pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Ooststellingwerf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Appelscha	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oosterwolde	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ravenswoud	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Langedijke	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Veenhuizen	5.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	119 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	274 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	376 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 46 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 Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 10.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 46.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 87%, low location: 13%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 131 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.8 km2

8.7%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

10.8 km2

13.8%

Agriculture

55.3 km2

70.5%

Urban area

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fochteloo in country Netherlands

Fochteloo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	7.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	47 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	54 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fochteloërveen	NL	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Een

Type of weather in Een	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam