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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6458,Lat: 52.5696
Elevation	-4 meter above sea level
Local time	9:25:20am
Name province/region	Flevoland
Name Subregion	Dronten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dronten	7.1 km	SouthEast
2 Ketelhaven	7.8 km	East
3 Nagele	10 km	NorthEast
4 Urk	11 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Tollebeek	12.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	56 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	212 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	331 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 57 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Ketelmeer (38.9 km² at a distance of 3.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 70.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 67 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

63.7 km2

81.1%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Water - Lakes

9.4 km2

11.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swifterbant in country Netherlands

Swifterbant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	11 km	NorthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	31 km	North
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	50 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ketelmeer & Vossemeer	NL	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Provincie Flevoland

Type of weather in Provincie Flevoland	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 31 October 2024:	9 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:09 Europe/Amsterdam