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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.3142,Lat: 51.7946
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	3:07:03am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Korendijk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oosthoek	0.3 km	East
2 Zwartsluisje	2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Nieuw-Beijerland	2.5 km	NorthEast
4 Goudswaard	2.5 km	West
5 Zuidzijde	3.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	76 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	106 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	275 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Beerenplaat (1.2 km² at a distance of 7.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 37 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 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 65 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 20 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

65.7 km2

83.7%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Water - Lakes

4.2 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piershil in country Netherlands

Piershil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	16 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	25 km	EastNorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	44 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Haringvliet	NL	2.7 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hekelingen

Type of weather in Hekelingen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam