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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9424,Lat: 53.3464
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:49:49am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Dongeradeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brantgum	1.1 km	NorthWest
2 Bornwird	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Hiaure	2.1 km	East
4 Raard	2.2 km	South
5 Waaxens	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	129 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	299 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	416 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 13.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 83.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 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 140 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

73.1 km2

93.1%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foudgum in country Netherlands

Foudgum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	45 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	58 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	80 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Holwerd

Type of weather in Holwerd	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:18 Europe/Amsterdam