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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8208,Lat: 53.1549
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	4:30:27am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Leeuwarden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wirdum	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Warga	1.6 km	East
3 Aegum	2.7 km	South
4 Wijtgaard	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Goutum	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	107 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	276 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	395 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%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swichum in country Netherlands

Swichum 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	36 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	40 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	58 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alde Feanen	NL	5 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wirdum

Type of weather in Wirdum	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	05:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam