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General information - Location

CountryNetherlands
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 5.8208,Lat: 53.1549 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time4:20:41am
Name province/region (Provincie)Friesland
Official website regionOfficial link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)Leeuwarden

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Wirdum1.1 km WestSouthWest
2 Warga1.6 km East
3 Aegum2.7 km South
4 Wijtgaard2.8 km WestSouthWest
5 Goutum2.9 km NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 AmsterdamNetherlands107 km SouthWest
2 Brussel   Belgium276 km SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg395 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Saiterpetten (0.5 km2 at a distance of 5.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 83.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 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 118 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   0.7 km2 
 0.8% 
 Wet nature   0.2 km2 
 0.2% 
 Agriculture   64.8 km2 
 82.5% 
 Urban area   11.3 km2 
 14.4% 
 Water - Lakes   0.7 km2 
 0.9% 

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Location of Swichum in country Netherlands


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Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)Netherlands36 km SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of BenevolenceBelgium,Netherlands40 km EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and SurroundingsNetherlands58 km South

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Alde FeanenNL5 km EastSouthEast

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