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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4833,Lat: 53.0834
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	5:16:37am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Longerhouw	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Schraard	2.2 km	West
3 Witmarsum	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hichtum	2.8 km	East
5 Exmorra	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	88 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	261 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	389 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 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 IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 6.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 96.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 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 99 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

74.3 km2

94.6%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schettens in country Netherlands

Schettens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	53 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	61 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	6.3 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bolsward

Type of weather in Bolsward	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:21 Europe/Amsterdam