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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6452,Lat: 53.335
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	3:27:38am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Eemsdelta
Official website subregion	Official link Eemsdelta
Wiki-website former subregion	Loppersum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Middelstum	1.5 km	North
2 Toornwerd	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Huizinge	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Kantens	3.5 km	North
5 Stedum	3.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	159 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	318 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	416 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 12.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 36.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 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 171 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

75 km2

95.5%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerwijtwerd in country Netherlands

Westerwijtwerd at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	37 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	85 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	97 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	12 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bedum

Type of weather in Bedum	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:15 Europe/Amsterdam