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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7836,Lat: 53.2355
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:15:47pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Leeuwarderadeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cornjum	1.1 km	North
2 Britsum	2.2 km	North
3 Snakkerburen	2.5 km	SouthEast
4 Lekkum	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Stiens	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	113 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	283 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	404 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 5.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 91.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 129 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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 marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 124 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

56.2 km2

71.4%

Urban area

16.7 km2

21.2%

Infrastructure

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Jelsum in country Netherlands

Jelsum 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	44 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	46 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	66 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	4.6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jelsum

Type of weather in Jelsum	few clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 15 March 2025:	11 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:40 Europe/Amsterdam