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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8777,Lat: 53.1094
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:54:07pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Veendam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Muntendam	3 km	North
2 Wildervank	3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ommelanderwijk	3.4 km	SouthEast
4 Borgercompagnie	3.7 km	West
5 Duurkenakker	4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	157 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	306 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	393 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 37 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 11.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 20.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 168 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 20 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

58.3 km2

74.3%

Urban area

14.5 km2

18.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veendam in country Netherlands

Veendam at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	33 km	West
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	86 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	91 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	11 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veendam

Type of weather in Veendam	light rain
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam