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Joure

Joure

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8043,Lat: 52.9687
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	11:21:27am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	De Friese Meren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Snikzwaag	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Haskerhorne	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 Scharsterbrug	3 km	SouthWest
4 Broek	3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Ouwsterhaule	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	90 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	256 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	375 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 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 Langweerderwielen (2.3 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 71.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 101 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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 Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 102 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

66.4 km2

84.5%

Urban area

6.9 km2

8.8%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Joure in country Netherlands

Joure 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	16 km	SouthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	37 km	South
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	40 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sneekermeergebied	NL	2.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Joure

Type of weather in Joure	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 8 May 2026:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam