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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8953,Lat: 51.815
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	5:56:07am
Name province/region	Noord-Brabant
Name Subregion	Werkendam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uppel	3.8 km	SouthEast
2 Sleeuwijk	3.9 km	East
3 Giessen-Oudekerk	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Schelluinen	4 km	NorthEast
5 Giessenburg	4.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	62 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	114 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	260 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Petrusplaat (0.9 km² at a distance of 9.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 35.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

53.1 km2

67.6%

Urban area

12 km2

15.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

9.1 km2

11.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Werkendam in country Netherlands

Werkendam at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	35 km	NorthEast
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	35 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biesbosch	NL	0.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Werkendam

Type of weather in Werkendam	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam