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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3968,Lat: 52.2047
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	5:24:30am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Katwijk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Katwijk Noord	1.5 km	East
2 Katwijk a/d Rijn	2.2 km	SouthEast
3 Rijnsburg	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Valkenburg	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Noordwijk aan Zee	5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	39 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	151 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	313 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Katwijk aan Zee lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Kagerplassen (4.7 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 81 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 70%, low location: 30%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 28 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.7%

Nature

9.4 km2

21.7%

Agriculture

14.2 km2

32.7%

Urban area

14.2 km2

32.7%

Infrastructure

2 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Katwijk aan Zee in country Netherlands

Katwijk aan Zee at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	3.7 km	SouthEast
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	31 km	South
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	38 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coepelduynen	NL	0.7 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Katwijk aan Zee

Type of weather in Katwijk aan Zee	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam