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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4701,Lat: 52.2408
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	10:41:15am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Overijssel
Official website region	Official link Overijssel
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Hof van Twente

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Markelo	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Beusbergen	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Pothoek	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Stokkum	3.9 km	SouthEast
5 Beuseberg	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	109 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	214 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	294 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 120 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Rhederlaag (2.4 km² at a distance of 38.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 24.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Higher soil grounds
Twente

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

10.7%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

66.3 km2

84.4%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achterhoek in country Netherlands

Achterhoek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	65 km	NorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	86 km	NorthWest
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	89 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Borkeld	NL	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Markelo

Type of weather in Markelo	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 25 January 2025:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	08:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:07 Europe/Amsterdam