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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8303,Lat: 52.4433
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	23:34:17pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Zaanstad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Noordeinde	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Koog aan de Zaan	2.4 km	NorthWest
3 De Heul	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Oostzaan	3.1 km	East
5 Haaldersbroek	3.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	8.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	181 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	328 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zaan (0.8 km² at a distance of 2.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 102.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 16 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 47 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

35.3%

Urban area

22.9 km2

29.2%

Infrastructure

9.6 km2

12.2%

Water - Lakes

10.4 km2

13.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zaandam in country Netherlands

Zaandam at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	9.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	13 km	North
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	13 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ilperveld, Varkensland, Oostzanerveld & Twiske	NL	1.4 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zaandam

Type of weather in Zaandam	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam