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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8053,Lat: 52.4586
Elevation	-3 meter above sea level
Local time	3:14:41am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Zaanstad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zaandijk	1.8 km	North
2 J J Allanstraat	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Westzaan	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Haaldersbroek	2.3 km	NorthEast
5 Zaandam	2.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	11 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	182 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	330 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zaan (0.8 km² at a distance of 0.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 105.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 49 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

39.3 km2

49.9%

Urban area

27.1 km2

34.5%

Infrastructure

3.2 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

5.1 km2

6.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Koog aan de Zaan in country Netherlands

Koog aan de Zaan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	11 km	North
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	12 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	12 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Polder Westzaan	NL	0.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Zaanstad

Type of weather in Gemeente Zaanstad	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam