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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3087,Lat: 53.237
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:24:28pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Westerkwartier
Official website subregion	Official link Westerkwartier
Wiki-website former subregion	Grootegast

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oosterzand	1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gaarkeuken	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sebaldeburen	1.7 km	South
4 Oldekerk	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Kuzemer	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	135 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	298 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	404 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 9.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 59.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 147 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

73.1 km2

93%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerzand in country Netherlands

Westerzand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	22 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	61 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	76 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	8.8 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grijpskerk

Type of weather in Grijpskerk	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam