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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8947,Lat: 51.8547
Elevation	0 meter above sea level
Local time	12:44:47pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Giessenlanden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pinkenveer	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Giessen-Oudekerk	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schelluinen	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Overslingeland	3.8 km	NorthEast
5 Werkendam	4.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	58 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	118 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	265 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 51 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 Petrusplaat (0.9 km² at a distance of 12.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 39.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 51 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

63.2 km2

80.5%

Urban area

8.8 km2

11.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giessenburg in country Netherlands

Giessenburg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	17 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	31 km	NorthEast
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	34 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biesbosch	NL	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Giessenburg

Type of weather in Giessenburg	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam