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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3753,Lat: 53.3612
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:31:46pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Het Hogeland
Official website subregion	Official link Het Hogeland
Wiki-website former subregion	De Marne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grijssloot	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Zuurdijk	2.5 km	South
3 Ulrum	2.8 km	West
4 Wehe-den Hoorn	2.8 km	East
5 Kruisweg	3.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	148 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	312 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 54.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 160 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 30 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

76.3 km2

97.2%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leens in country Netherlands

Leens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	36 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	74 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	90 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	5 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leens

Type of weather in Leens	heavy snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam