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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9957,Lat: 51.9197
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:47:57pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Zederik

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Weverwijk	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 Nieuwland	2.6 km	South
3 Lakerveld	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Geer	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Noordeloos	4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	51 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	128 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	269 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 52 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 Reeuwijksche Plassen (2.3 km² at a distance of 19.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 48.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 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 river area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 46 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 39 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

73.7 km2

93.8%

Urban area

3.1 km2

3.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meerkerk in country Netherlands

Meerkerk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	21 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	24 km	West
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	40 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zouweboezem	NL	0.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lopik

Type of weather in Lopik	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	05:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam