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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1625,Lat: 52.0282
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	13:16:00pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Utrecht
Official website region	Official link Utrecht
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Houten
Official website subregion	Official link Houten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oud-Wulven	1.6 km	North
2 Tull en 't Waal	3.4 km	SouthWest
3 Heemstede	3.9 km	West
4 Vechten	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Schalkwijk	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	43 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	143 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	278 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 56 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 Maarsseveensche Plassen (0.5 km² at a distance of 12.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 58.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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 river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 41 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Agriculture

48.5 km2

61.8%

Urban area

20.5 km2

26.2%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houten in country Netherlands

Houten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	6.4 km	North
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	39 km	WestSouthWest
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	42 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lingegebied & Diefdijk-Zuid	NL	11 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Houten
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Houten

Type of weather in Houten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam