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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6125,Lat: 53.0141
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	3:06:44am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Assen
Other place with same name 1	Loon Noord-Brabant - Waalre

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balloo	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Taarlo	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Deurze	3.2 km	South
4 Rolde	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Rhee	3.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	136 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	287 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	380 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 11.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 36.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 62%, low location: 38%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 148 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

Nature

9.4 km2

12%

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.7%

Urban area

16.8 km2

21.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Loon in country Netherlands

Loon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	15 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	66 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	70 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	0.4 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Loon
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Loon
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Peelo

Type of weather in Peelo	moderate rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:17 Europe/Amsterdam