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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8485,Lat: 51.9393
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:28:46pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Molenwaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schoonhoven	1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Langerak	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Graafland	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Zevender	2.3 km	NorthEast
5 Bovenberg	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	49 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	126 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	274 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Reeuwijksche Plassen (2.3 km² at a distance of 10.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 48.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Flat river area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 42 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

67.1 km2

85.5%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.5%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gelkenes in country Netherlands

Gelkenes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	15 km	WestSouthWest
2 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	26 km	NorthEast
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	30 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Uiterwaarden Lek	NL	3.7 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schoonhoven

Type of weather in Schoonhoven	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:32 Europe/Amsterdam