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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9085,Lat: 52.5211
Elevation	-4 meter above sea level
Local time	22:02:35pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Beemster

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Neck	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Zuidoostbeemster	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Middenbeemster	3.2 km	North
4 Purmerend	4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Jisp	4.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	16 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	190 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	335 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is 't Zwet (1.1 km² at a distance of 4.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 104.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 26 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 43 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

65 km2

82.7%

Urban area

11.5 km2

14.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Halfweg in country Netherlands

Halfweg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	3.1 km	North
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	8.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	17 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wormer- en Jisperveld & Kalverpolder	NL	1.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Purmerend

Type of weather in Gemeente Purmerend	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam