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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8388,Lat: 53.2395
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:44:17am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Midden-Groningen
Official website subregion	Official link Midden-Groningen
Wiki-website former subregion	Slochteren
Other place with same name 1	Hellum Nordjylland - Brønderslev
Other place with same name 2	Hellum Nordjylland - Rebild

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schildwolde	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Siddeburen	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Slochteren	3.1 km	SouthWest
4 Steendam	4 km	North
5 Noordbroek	5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	163 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	316 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	407 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 3.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 24.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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 174 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.6%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

68.8 km2

87.6%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hellum in country Netherlands

Hellum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	37 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	89 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	98 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	12 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Slochteren

Type of weather in Slochteren	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:15 Europe/Amsterdam