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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6344,Lat: 52.3372
Elevation	-4 meter above sea level
Local time	18:16:03pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Haarlemmermeer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zuid-Schalkwijk	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Cruquius-Oost	1.7 km	SouthEast
3 Heemstede	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Vijfhuizen	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Bennebroek	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	18 km	East
2 Brussel	Belgium	167 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	321 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 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 Toolenburg (0.6 km² at a distance of 4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 93.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 130 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 81%, low location: 19%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 9.4 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 44 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.3 km2

11.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

28.7 km2

36.5%

Urban area

32 km2

40.8%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruquius in country Netherlands

Cruquius at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	18 km	East
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	22 km	SouthWest
3 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	26 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kennemerland-Zuid	NL	2.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Heemstede

Type of weather in Heemstede	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam