Almelo

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Almelo

Total population

69,174

Coordinates52.36°, 6.66°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres are Almelo itself and the villages of Aadorp, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 75,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, with the industrial centres of Enschede and Hengelo as close neighbours but also with tourist towns like Ootmarsum, Delden and Markelo only a bicycle ride away.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Thomas Bruns

Dutch association football player

Johanna ter Steege

Dutch actress (born 1961)

Anton Huiskes

Dutch speed skater (1928-2008)

Hennie Stamsnijder

Dutch racing cyclist

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Bart Boom

Dutch bicycle racer and cyclo-cross cyclist

Berthil ter Avest

Dutch footballer

Johan Kenkhuis

Dutch swimmer

Maurits Lammertink

Dutch cyclist

M

Marc Adriani

Dutch radio host and radio dj

Gratia ter Haar

Dutch priest (1894-1978)

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Wim Bos

Dutch painter (1928-2007)

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Dennis Telgenkamp

Dutch footballer

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Marieke van den Ham

Dutch water polo player

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Henk Heerdink

Hennie Kenkhuis

Dutch politician (1954-2021)

Wouter Wippert

Dutch road bicycle racer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Overijssel

• Aadorp
  2 mi away · pop. 1,520
• Mariaparochie
  2.4 mi away · pop. 273
• Wierden
  3 mi away · pop. 14,775
• Harbrinkhoek
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,867
• Bornerbroek
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,827
• Zenderen
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,345
• Vriezenveen
  4.2 mi away · pop. 13,895
• Albergen
  4.3 mi away · pop. 3,550
• Hertme
  4.8 mi away · pop. 520
• Borne
  5.3 mi away · pop. 20,930
• Geesteren
  5.4 mi away · pop. 4,302
• De Pollen
  5.4 mi away · pop. 500

Browse all places in Overijssel →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Almelo

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-02

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-30

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-29

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Seen 2026-09-29

Parasol

Macrolepiota procera

Seen 2026-09-28

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-26

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-23

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-17

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Almelo, sourced from Wikidata.

• Historic Festival Almelo

  festival

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Official Identifiers