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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.33,Lat: 53.3434
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:14:15am
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
Other place with same name 1	Niekerk Groningen - Grootegast

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Houwerzijl	1.1 km	SouthEast
2 Zoutkamp	1.8 km	West
3 Ulrum	1.9 km	North
4 Zuurdijk	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Leens	3.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	145 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	309 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	416 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction North).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 2.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 57.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 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 156 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)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

71 km2

90.4%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Niekerk in country Netherlands

Niekerk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	34 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	71 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	87 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauwersmeer	NL	2.4 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ulrum

Type of weather in Ulrum	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	8 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam