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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.0302,Lat: 51.7914
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	8:47:46am
Name province/region	Noord-Brabant
Name Subregion	Woudrichem

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rijswijk	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Uitwijk	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andel	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Waardhuizen	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Poederoijen	3.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	66 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	115 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	255 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is De Gijster (2.9 km² at a distance of 15.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 33.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

62.5 km2

79.5%

Urban area

5 km2

6.4%

Water - Lakes

6.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giessen in country Netherlands

Giessen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	28 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	34 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	45 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Loevestein, Pompveld & Kornsche Boezem	NL	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Woudrichem

Type of weather in Woudrichem	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	15 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam