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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1684,Lat: 52.6884
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:58:03pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Drechterland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hoogkarspel	1 km	NorthEast
2 Binnenwijzend	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Westwoud	2.2 km	West
4 Lutjebroek	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Horn	3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	40 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	213 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	349 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 5.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 103.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 50 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 35 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

65.6 km2

83.6%

Urban area

10.9 km2

13.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerwijzend in country Netherlands

Westerwijzend at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	23 km	SouthWest
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	30 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	39 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Markermeer & IJmeer	NL	5.1 km	EastSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Drechterland

Type of weather in Gemeente Drechterland	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam