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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.0477,Lat: 52.4697
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	9:16:18am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Waterland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monnickendam	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Zedde	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Overleek	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Volendam	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Marken	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	15 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	187 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	327 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Markermeer (693.4 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 94.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 26 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 33 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

40.7 km2

51.8%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

27.5 km2

35%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Katwoude in country Netherlands

Katwoude at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	13 km	NorthWest
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	16 km	SouthWest
3 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	20 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Markermeer & IJmeer	NL	0.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Monnickendam

Type of weather in Monnickendam	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam