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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4929,Lat: 52.1599
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:29:33am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Leiden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leiderdorp	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk	2.6 km	SouthEast
3 Oegstgeest	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Zoeterwoude-Dorp	4.2 km	South
5 Warmond	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	36 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	146 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	306 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (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 3.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 75.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is highly 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 25 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

31.9 km2

40.6%

Urban area

38.8 km2

49.5%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leiden in country Netherlands

Leiden 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	4.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	27 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	33 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wilck	NL	5.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leiden

Type of weather in Leiden	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam