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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6717,Lat: 52.5117
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:16:01pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Heemskerk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Noorddorp	2 km	NorthWest
2 Assum	2.3 km	East
3 Heemskerkerduin	2.7 km	West
4 Beverwijk	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Uitgeest	3.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	21 km	SouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	187 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 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 Alkmaardermeer (5.9 km² at a distance of 3.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 112.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 157 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 81%, low location: 19%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 23 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10 km2

12.7%

Nature

6.4 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

40.2%

Urban area

24.3 km2

30.9%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heemskerk in country Netherlands

Heemskerk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	9.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	17 km	East
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	22 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Noordhollands Duinreservaat	NL	1.8 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heemskerk

Type of weather in Heemskerk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam