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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2734,Lat: 53.355
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:25:28pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Het Hogeland
Official website subregion	Official link Het Hogeland
Wiki-website former subregion	De Marne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zoutkamp	2.6 km	SouthEast
2 Niekerk	4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ulrum	4.1 km	East
4 Houwerzijl	5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lauwerzijl	5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	143 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	309 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	417 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 61.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 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 155 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 33 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.5 km2

Wet nature

23.7 km2

30.1%

Agriculture

39.1 km2

49.9%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

8.9 km2

11.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vierhuizen in country Netherlands

Vierhuizen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	36 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	69 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	87 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauwersmeer	NL	0.5 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ulrum

Type of weather in Ulrum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:19 Europe/Amsterdam