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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.945,Lat: 53.327
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	4:27:13am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Dongeradeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bornwird	1.1 km	NorthEast
2 Sijbrandahuis	1.6 km	South
3 Lichtaard	2.1 km	West
4 Foudgum	2.2 km	North
5 Brantgum	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	128 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	297 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	414 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 11.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 83.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 116 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 139 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

71.8 km2

91.4%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Raard in country Netherlands

Raard 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	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	56 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	78 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	6.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dokkum

Type of weather in Dokkum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam