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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5194,Lat: 53.1668
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:08:48pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Franekeradeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herbaijum	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Franeker	2.8 km	NorthEast
3 Achlum	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Tzum	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lollum	4.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	98 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	270 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	398 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 12.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 100 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 108 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

71.6 km2

91.2%

Urban area

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hitzum in country Netherlands

Hitzum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	37 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	60 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	61 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	6.8 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Franeker

Type of weather in Franeker	moderate rain
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam