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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2083,Lat: 52.6663
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	5:34:24am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Drechterland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hem	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 De Buurt	1.8 km	NorthEast
3 Oosterleek	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Westerwijzend	3.6 km	NorthWest
5 Lutjebroek	3.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	39 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	211 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	346 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 2.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 100.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 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 50 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

41.4 km2

52.7%

Urban area

10 km2

12.7%

Water - Lakes

25.8 km2

32.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Venhuizen in country Netherlands

Venhuizen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	24 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	31 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	38 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Markermeer & IJmeer	NL	2 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Venhuizen

Type of weather in Venhuizen	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam