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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2753,Lat: 53.2129
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:51:10pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Westerkwartier
Official website subregion	Official link Westerkwartier
Wiki-website former subregion	Grootegast

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Doezum	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Sebaldeburen	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lutjegast	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Peebos	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Westerzand	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	132 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	295 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	401 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 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 Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 10.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 61 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 85 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 143 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

75.1 km2

95.7%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grootegast in country Netherlands

Grootegast at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	21 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	57 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	72 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	9.6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grootegast

Type of weather in Grootegast	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam