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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6638,Lat: 52.7685
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	3:40:39am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Schagen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Het Korfwater	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Burgervlotbrug	1.9 km	SouthEast
3 Sint Maartenszee	3.4 km	NorthEast
4 Burgerbrug	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Sint Maartensvlotbrug	3.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	47 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	215 km	South
3 London	England	365 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Petten lies at the North Sea (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 Lage Oude Veer (1.3 km² at a distance of 13.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 136.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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 52 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.8%

Nature

2.8 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

82.5%

Urban area

1.9 km2

4.3%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petten in country Netherlands

Petten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	25 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	47 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zwanenwater & Pettemerduinen	NL	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Zijpe

Type of weather in Gemeente Zijpe	mist
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam