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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7147,Lat: 53.1483
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:24:16pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Hoogezand-Sappemeer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kropswolde	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Wolfsbarge	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Martenshoek	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Foxhol	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Hoogezand	3.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	150 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	303 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	396 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 34 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 0.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 31.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 162 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 9.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Nature

3.4 km2

4.4%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

50.2 km2

64.1%

Urban area

11 km2

14.1%

Water - Lakes

7.2 km2

9.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meerwijck in country Netherlands

Meerwijck at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	25 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	77 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	85 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	0.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Hoogezand-Sappemeer

Type of weather in Gemeente Hoogezand-Sappemeer	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam