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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.012,Lat: 52.6235
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	0:30:28am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Koggenland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 De Hulk	0.5 km	North
2 Berkhout	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Hoorn	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Grosthuizen	2.5 km	West
5 Schardam	3.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	29 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	203 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	344 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (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 Markermeer (693.4 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 109 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 153 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 39 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

43.3 km2

55.1%

Urban area

8.7 km2

11%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

23.2 km2

29.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scharwoude in country Netherlands

Scharwoude at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	11 km	SouthWest
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	17 km	WestSouthWest
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Markermeer & IJmeer	NL	0.3 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Hoorn

Type of weather in Gemeente Hoorn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1032 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 10 December 2024:	7 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	08:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:25 Europe/Amsterdam