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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0395,Lat: 52.9565
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	2:23:23am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Stadskanaal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kopstukken	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Oomsberg	1.5 km	NorthWest
3 1e Oomsberg	1.9 km	West
4 Horsten	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Musselkanaal	3.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	159 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	299 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	378 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 55 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Grote Rietplas (0.8 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.6 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 170 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 36 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

67.6 km2

86%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mussel in country Netherlands

Mussel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	45 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	92 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	93 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lieftinghsbroek	NL	7.3 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Stadskanaal

Type of weather in Gemeente Stadskanaal	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam