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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.0493,Lat: 52.5124
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	9:11:03am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Edam-Volendam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Volendam	2.3 km	SouthEast
2 Zedde	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Middelie	3.8 km	NorthWest
4 Purmerbuurt	4.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Katwoude	4.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	19 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	192 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	332 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Markermeer (693.4 km² at a distance of 1.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 97.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 137 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 30 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 33 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.6%

Urban area

9.1 km2

11.6%

Water - Lakes

28.2 km2

35.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Edam in country Netherlands

Edam at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	10 km	WestNorthWest
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	18 km	WestNorthWest
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	20 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Polder Zeevang	NL	0.7 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Edam

Type of weather in Edam	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam