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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5173,Lat: 52.9828
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	5:34:22am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Assen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kloosterveen	1.9 km	NorthWest
2 Bovensmilde	2.5 km	West
3 Graswijk	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Zeijerveen	3.4 km	North
5 Assen	3.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	129 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	280 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	376 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 48 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 7.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 40.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 38%, low location: 62%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 140 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.4%

Nature

7.5 km2

9.5%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

40.5 km2

51.5%

Urban area

16.6 km2

21.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Witten in country Netherlands

Witten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	11 km	NorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	58 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	63 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Witterveld	NL	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Assen

Type of weather in Gemeente Assen	moderate rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 18 October 2024:	10 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:31 Europe/Amsterdam