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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.348,Lat: 51.8271
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	7:18:47am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Nissewaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nieuw-Beijerland	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Spijkenisse	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Zinkweg	3.9 km	SouthEast
4 Simonshaven	4 km	West
5 Oosthoek	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	71 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	109 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	277 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction West).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 3.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 39.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 61 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

42.5 km2

54.1%

Urban area

24 km2

30.6%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

6.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hekelingen in country Netherlands

Hekelingen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	12 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	22 km	EastNorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	40 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oude Maas	NL	2 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hekelingen

Type of weather in Hekelingen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam