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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1911,Lat: 51.9937
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	21:30:07pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Utrecht
Official website region	Official link Utrecht
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Houten
Official website subregion	Official link Houten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Honswijk	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Molenbuurt	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Goilberdingen	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Everdingen	3.9 km	SouthWest
5 Tull en 't Waal	4.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	47 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	140 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	273 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 59 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 Maarsseveensche Plassen (0.5 km² at a distance of 17.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 55.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 46 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

58.2 km2

74.1%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Water - Lakes

6.4 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schalkwijk in country Netherlands

Schalkwijk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	11 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	39 km	WestSouthWest
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	46 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lingegebied & Diefdijk-Zuid	NL	7.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Houten

Type of weather in Gemeente Houten	clear sky
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam