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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.0759,Lat: 51.8736
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	9:18:04am
Name province/region	Gelderland
Name Subregion	Lingewaal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oosterwijk	1 km	West
2 Kedichem	2.3 km	SouthWest
3 Asperen	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Leerdam	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Geer	4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	57 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	125 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	263 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 59 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is De Gijster (2.9 km² at a distance of 23.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 43.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

68.4 km2

87.1%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.3%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heukelum in country Netherlands

Heukelum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	24 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	29 km	West
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	46 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lingegebied & Diefdijk-Zuid	NL	0.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Leerdam

Type of weather in Gemeente Leerdam	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam