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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4233,Lat: 52.1942
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:31:37am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Katwijk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rijnsburg	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Valkenburg	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Katwijk Noord	1.6 km	North
4 Katwijk aan Zee	2.2 km	NorthWest
5 Oegstgeest	4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	38 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	150 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	312 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 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 Kagerplassen (4.7 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 79.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 111 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 79%, low location: 21%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 27 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 26 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

9.2 km2

14.3%

Agriculture

21.8 km2

34.1%

Urban area

24.5 km2

38.5%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Katwijk a/d Rijn in country Netherlands

Katwijk a/d Rijn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	30 km	South
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	37 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Meijendel & Berkheide	NL	0.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Katwijk

Type of weather in Katwijk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam