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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4225,Lat: 51.8932
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	3:20:12am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Rotterdam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pernis	2.2 km	West
2 Schiedam	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Rhoon	4 km	South
4 Hoogvliet	4.4 km	SouthWest
5 Poortugaal	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	62 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	117 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	281 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Beerenplaat (1.2 km² at a distance of 6.1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 46.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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 52 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 7.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

8.2 km2

10.4%

Urban area

33.2 km2

42.3%

Infrastructure

18.8 km2

23.9%

Water - Lakes

11.6 km2

14.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heijplaat in country Netherlands

Heijplaat at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	3.4 km	North
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	16 km	East
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	32 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oude Maas	NL	5.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heijplaat

Type of weather in Heijplaat	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam