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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6944,Lat: 52.5717
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:56:57am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Castricum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bakkum	2.7 km	West
2 Castricum	2.7 km	SouthWest
3 Akersloot	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Heiloo	3.3 km	North
5 Egmond-Binnen	3.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	26 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	193 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	345 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alkmaardermeer (5.9 km² at a distance of 3.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 118.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 166 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 86%, low location: 14%, 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
Dunes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 30 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.6 km2

11%

Nature

4.3 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

46.5 km2

59.2%

Urban area

13.3 km2

17%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Limmen in country Netherlands

Limmen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	6.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	15 km	EastSouthEast
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	26 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Noordhollands Duinreservaat	NL	2.2 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Castricum

Type of weather in Gemeente Castricum	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam