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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1013,Lat: 53.1144
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	10:56:48am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Smallingerland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Drachtstercompagnie	3.5 km	NorthEast
2 Rottevalle	3.7 km	North
3 Opeinde	3.9 km	NorthWest
4 Kortehemmen	4 km	SouthWest
5 De Wilgen	4.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	116 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	280 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	390 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is De Leijen (2.9 km² at a distance of 4.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 67.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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 127 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

55.5 km2

70.6%

Urban area

19.3 km2

24.6%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Drachten in country Netherlands

Drachten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	21 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	41 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	57 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wijnjeterper Schar	NL	6.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Drachten

Type of weather in Drachten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam