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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7153,Lat: 52.5222
Elevation	-3 meter above sea level
Local time	15:52:03pm
Name province/region	Flevoland
Name Subregion	Dronten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ketelhaven	7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Swifterbant	7.1 km	NorthWest
3 Biddinghuizen	7.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Noordeinde	10 km	EastSouthEast
5 Elburg	12.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	58 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	209 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	325 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 64 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Ketelmeer (38.9 km² at a distance of 7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 65.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 69 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 15 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

64.7 km2

82.4%

Urban area

8.6 km2

11%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dronten in country Netherlands

Dronten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	14 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	36 km	North
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	55 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ketelmeer & Vossemeer	NL	7.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Dronten
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dronten

Type of weather in Dronten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam