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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8208,Lat: 53.2271
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:23:45pm
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Leeuwarden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Snakkerburen	1 km	SouthWest
2 Miedum	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Jelsum	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Wijns	3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Leeuwarden	3.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	114 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	283 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	403 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 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 2.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 89.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 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 marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 125 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

44.7 km2

57%

Urban area

22.4 km2

28.6%

Infrastructure

2.7 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lekkum in country Netherlands

Lekkum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	43 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	43 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	66 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	2 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bilgaard

Type of weather in Bilgaard	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam