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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8944,Lat: 52.7863
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	17:05:43pm
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Emmen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Westenesch	1.3 km	West
2 Zuidbarge	3.4 km	South
3 Weerdinge	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Barger-Oosterveld	4.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Diphoorn	5.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	143 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	278 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	358 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 73 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 Grote Rietplas (0.8 km² at a distance of 5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 11.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 154 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.6 km2

13.5%

Agriculture

44 km2

56%

Urban area

20.8 km2

26.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Emmen in country Netherlands

Emmen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	44 km	NorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	78 km	West
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	82 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bargerveen	NL	12 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Emmen

Type of weather in Emmen	few clouds
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam