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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.424,Lat: 53.0852
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:38:06pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schraard	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cornwerd	2.2 km	West
3 Makkum	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Witmarsum	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Zurich	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	87 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	260 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	390 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 2.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 100.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 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 97 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

10 km2

12.8%

Agriculture

57.7 km2

74%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

6.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wons in country Netherlands

Wons 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	32 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	55 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	65 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	2.5 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Makkum

Type of weather in Makkum	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam