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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1916,Lat: 52.6984
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:22:03am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Meppel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Haakswold	3.7 km	NorthEast
2 Kolderveen	3.9 km	NorthWest
3 Nijeveen	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Dijkhuizen	4.3 km	NorthEast
5 Blijdenstein	4.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	95 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	242 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	344 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Beulakerwijde (16.6 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 35.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 106 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 52 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

62.1 km2

79.2%

Urban area

11.6 km2

14.8%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meppel in country Netherlands

Meppel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	29 km	West
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	38 km	WestNorthWest
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	41 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wieden	NL	2.7 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meppel

Type of weather in Meppel	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam