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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.0882,Lat: 51.7115
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:04:24am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Goeree-Overflakkee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dirksland	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Nieuwe-Tonge	5.3 km	East
3 Bruinisse	5.3 km	South
4 Sirjansland	5.4 km	SouthWest
5 Sommelsdijk	6.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	92 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	98 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	275 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Oostvoornsche Meer (3 km² at a distance of 23 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 35.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is water.

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 81 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.5 km2

4.4%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

34.2 km2

43.7%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

34.6 km2

44.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Herkingen in country Netherlands

Herkingen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	33 km	NorthEast
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	43 km	EastNorthEast
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	57 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grevelingen	NL	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Herkingen
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dirksland

Type of weather in Dirksland	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam