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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6449,Lat: 52.7266
Elevation	-4 meter above sea level
Local time	2:34:18am
Name province/region	Flevoland
Name Subregion	Noordoostpolder

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Creil	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Tollebeek	5.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Urk	7.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Emmeloord	7.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Bant	8.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	64 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	227 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	349 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 44 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 3.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 72.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 76 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

69.6 km2

88.8%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

7.9 km2

10.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Espel in country Netherlands

Espel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	13 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	13 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	53 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	3.4 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Urk

Type of weather in Gemeente Urk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam