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Jellum

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7447,Lat: 53.1638
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	7:22:15am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Littenseradiel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beers	0.9 km	SouthWest
2 Weidum	1.9 km	South
3 Boksum	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hijlaard	2.2 km	West
5 Jorwerd	2.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	105 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	275 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	396 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Wijde Ee (2.4 km² at a distance of 9.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 88.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 123 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 116 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

70.1 km2

89.4%

Urban area

7.8 km2

9.9%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Jellum in country Netherlands

Jellum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	36 km	South
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	45 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	58 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	9.6 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Leeuwarden

Type of weather in Gemeente Leeuwarden	fog
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 7 November 2025:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:54 Europe/Amsterdam