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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6014,Lat: 52.6643
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	22:50:34pm
Name province/region	Flevoland
Name Subregion	Urk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tollebeek	5.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Espel	7.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Nagele	8.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Swifterbant	11 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Creil	11.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	58 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	220 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	342 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 48 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 74.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is water.

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 69 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.1%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

27.5 km2

34.9%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Water - Lakes

43.3 km2

55%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Urk in country Netherlands

Urk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	12 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	21 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	48 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	0.6 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Urk

Type of weather in Urk	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam