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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8325,Lat: 53.2527
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	9:59:24am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Tytsjerksteradiel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Miedum	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lekkum	3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Britsum	3.1 km	West
4 Cornjum	3.5 km	West
5 Jelsum	3.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	117 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	286 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	406 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 Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 3.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 90.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 127 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 127 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

65.9 km2

83.8%

Urban area

7.5 km2

9.5%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wijns in country Netherlands

Wijns at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	44 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	46 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	68 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	2.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Britsum

Type of weather in Britsum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam