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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7236,Lat: 53.1681
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:07:50am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Hoogezand-Sappemeer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Martenshoek	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Borgweg	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Kropswolde	2 km	South
4 Kolham	2.2 km	NorthEast
5 Meerwijck	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	152 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	305 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	398 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 30.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 163 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 11 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.5%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

49.2 km2

62.6%

Urban area

12 km2

15.2%

Water - Lakes

5.6 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foxhol in country Netherlands

Foxhol at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	26 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	79 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	87 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	0.8 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hoogezand

Type of weather in Hoogezand	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam