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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8748,Lat: 53.3145
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	22:22:54pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Appingedam

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Appingedam	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Amsweer	2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Biessum	2.7 km	NorthEast
4 Marsum	2.9 km	North
5 Tjamsweer	2.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	170 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	324 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	416 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 3.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 21.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 181 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

1.9%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

3.4 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

55.8 km2

71.1%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.5%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Opwierde in country Netherlands

Opwierde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	44 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	96 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	106 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Appingedam

Type of weather in Appingedam	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam