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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0899,Lat: 53.0011
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	18:12:44pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Vlagtwedde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vlagtwedde	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Jipsingbourtange	4 km	South
3 Weite	4.3 km	NorthEast
4 Veele	4.8 km	North
5 Kopstukken	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	164 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	305 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	383 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Hondshalstermeer (1.4 km² at a distance of 27.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 7.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.8 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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 175 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 37 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.6%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

71.4 km2

90.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Harpel in country Netherlands

Harpel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	47 km	West
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	96 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	98 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lieftinghsbroek	NL	1.7 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Vlagtwedde

Type of weather in Gemeente Vlagtwedde	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam