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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0086,Lat: 52.9464
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	17:37:15pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Stadskanaal
Other place with same name 1	Horsten Schleswig-Holstein -
Other place with same name 2	Horsten Niedersachsen -
Other place with same name 3	Horsten Niedersachsen - - Harburg
Other place with same name 4	Horsten Niedersachsen - - Celle
Other place with same name 5	Horsten Niedersachsen - - Vechta
Other place with same name 6	Horsten Niedersachsen - - Schaumburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 1e Oomsberg	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Musselkanaal	1.3 km	South
3 Mussel	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Oomsberg	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Jipsingboermussel	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	157 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	297 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	376 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 56 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Grote Rietplas (0.8 km² at a distance of 24.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 10.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 14 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 168 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

67.7 km2

86.2%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horsten in country Netherlands

Horsten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	43 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	90 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	90 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lieftinghsbroek	NL	9.5 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Stadskanaal

Type of weather in Gemeente Stadskanaal	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam