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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8718,Lat: 52.6972
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	6:10:05am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Heerhugowaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frik	1.6 km	North
2 Berkmeer	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Oude Niedorp	2.5 km	North
4 De Noord	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Verlaat	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	36 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	209 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	355 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction West).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 12.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 121.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 170 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 44 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

60 km2

76.4%

Urban area

14.5 km2

18.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veenhuizen in country Netherlands

Veenhuizen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	17 km	South
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	17 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	37 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Eilandspolder	NL	11 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heerhugowaard

Type of weather in Heerhugowaard	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam