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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5014,Lat: 53.2177
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:59:09pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Groningen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vierverlaten	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Peizermade	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 De Poffert	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Den Horn	4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Oostwold	4.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	143 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	302 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	402 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 4.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 46.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 155 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

51.9 km2

66.1%

Urban area

22.9 km2

29.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoogkerk in country Netherlands

Hoogkerk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	21 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	69 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	81 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Groningen

Type of weather in Gemeente Groningen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam