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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6422,Lat: 52.4724
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	23:25:18pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Velsen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Velsen-Zuid	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Beverwijk	1.9 km	NorthEast
3 IJmuiden	2.3 km	SouthWest
4 Hofgeest	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Driehuis	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	20 km	SouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	182 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	335 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 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 Noorder Buiten Spaarne (1.4 km² at a distance of 6.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 108 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 151 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 78%, low location: 22%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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 20 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

10%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

16.9 km2

21.8%

Urban area

30.3 km2

39.1%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

3.7%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

5.9 km2

7.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velsen-Noord in country Netherlands

Velsen-Noord at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	14 km	NorthEast
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	20 km	EastNorthEast
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	21 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kennemerland-Zuid	NL	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velsen

Type of weather in Velsen	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam