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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6726,Lat: 52.551
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:16:29pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Castricum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bakkum	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Limmen	2.7 km	NorthEast
3 Noorddorp	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Uitgeest	3.8 km	SouthEast
5 Heemskerk	4.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	25 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	191 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	343 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 4.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 116.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 163 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 82%, low location: 18%, 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
Dunes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 28 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

16.3%

Nature

10.1 km2

13.1%

Agriculture

36.2 km2

46.7%

Urban area

13.7 km2

17.7%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castricum in country Netherlands

Castricum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	8.1 km	East
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	16 km	East
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	25 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Noordhollands Duinreservaat	NL	1.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castricum

Type of weather in Castricum	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam