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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.0729,Lat: 52.4979
Elevation	0 meter above sea level
Local time	9:05:51am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Edam-Volendam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Edam	2.3 km	NorthWest
2 Zedde	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Katwoude	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Marken	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Monnickendam	5.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	18 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	190 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	330 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Markermeer (693.4 km² at a distance of 0.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 95.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 134 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is water.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 30 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

26.7 km2

33.9%

Urban area

6.8 km2

8.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

44 km2

56%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volendam in country Netherlands

Volendam at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	12 km	WestNorthWest
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	19 km	SouthWest
3 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	20 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Markermeer & IJmeer	NL	0.5 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Volendam

Type of weather in Volendam	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:36 Europe/Amsterdam