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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7864,Lat: 53.3245
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:30:17am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Loppersum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wirdumerdraai	1 km	South
2 Eekwerderdraai	1.2 km	SouthEast
3 Garrelsweer	1.7 km	SouthWest
4 Eenum	1.8 km	North
5 Oosterwijtwerd	2.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	166 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	322 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	416 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 5.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 27.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 177 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 27 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.1%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

72.2 km2

91.9%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wirdum in country Netherlands

Wirdum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	41 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	91 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	102 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	8.1 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Appingedam

Type of weather in Appingedam	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam