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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8049,Lat: 53.1509
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:31:25pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Leeuwarden
Other place with same name 1	Wirdum Groningen - Loppersum
Other place with same name 2	Wirdum Niedersachsen - Loppersum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Swichum	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Wijtgaard	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Aegum	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Warga	2.7 km	East
5 Goutum	3.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	106 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	275 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	395 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 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 Saiterpetten (0.5 km² at a distance of 6.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 84.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 118 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 117 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

67.3 km2

85.7%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wirdum in country Netherlands

Wirdum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	35 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	41 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	57 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alde Feanen	NL	5.8 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wirdum

Type of weather in Wirdum	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam