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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5698,Lat: 52.9874
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	1:07:47am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Assen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Anreep	1.4 km	SouthEast
2 Graswijk	1.8 km	SouthWest
3 Deurze	2.7 km	East
4 Eleveld	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Witten	3.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	132 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	283 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	377 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 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 9.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 38 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 144 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Nature

4.7 km2

Agriculture

42 km2

53.4%

Urban area

21.3 km2

27.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Assen in country Netherlands

Assen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	13 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	62 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	66 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	1.7 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Assen

Type of weather in Assen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam