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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.7523,Lat: 52.6325
Elevation	-3 meter above sea level
Local time	7:26:57am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Alkmaar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oudorp	1.4 km	East
2 Omval	1.9 km	SouthEast
3 Sint Pancras	3.8 km	NorthEast
4 Heiloo	5.1 km	SouthWest
5 Stompetoren	5.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	201 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	350 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alkmaardermeer (5.9 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 121.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 170 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. 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 36 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Agriculture

42.4 km2

54%

Urban area

29.2 km2

37.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alkmaar in country Netherlands

Alkmaar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	14 km	SouthEast
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	31 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Noordhollands Duinreservaat	NL	4.9 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alkmaar

Type of weather in Alkmaar	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam