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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5276,Lat: 52.2927
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	15:08:07pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Noordwijkerhout

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 De Zilk	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Halfweg	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vogelenzang	3.2 km	NorthEast
4 Arnoud	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Hillegom	3.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	27 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	161 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	319 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Toolenburg (0.6 km² at a distance of 7.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 89.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 85%, low location: 15%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Dunes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 16 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 38 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.8%

Nature

21.4 km2

29.2%

Agriculture

34.4 km2

46.9%

Urban area

9.6 km2

13.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruigenhoek in country Netherlands

Ruigenhoek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	14 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	26 km	EastNorthEast
3 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	34 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kennemerland-Zuid	NL	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hillegom

Type of weather in Hillegom	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam