Asten

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Asten

Total population

13,214

Coordinates51.40°, 5.75°

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

Overview

Asten is a municipality and a town in southern Netherlands.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

E

Emily Noor

Dutch table tennis player

A

Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans

Dutch theologian and priest

B

Bart Claessen

Dutch DJ

Piet Raijmakers

equestrian

C

Cor Mutsers

A

Arnoldus van Bussel

politician (1786-1860)

R

Ricus van de Coevering

Dutch writer

Paul Elshout

Dutch painter (1949-2018)

S

Sandra Swinkels

Dutch football player

Nancy Coolen

Dutch singer and television presenter

Renée Slegers

Dutch association football manager (born 1989)

F

Frans Hoebens

Dutch politician (1914-1977)

G

Gerrit van Riet

politician

M

Marie-José de Groot

Dutch rower

Gerard Peijnenburg

Dutch civil servant and politician (1919–2000)

Ton Heijligers

Dutch actor

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

Nearby places in North Brabant

• Ommel
  1.3 mi away · pop. 1,079
• Heusden
  1.6 mi away · pop. 2,421
• Liessel
  3.3 mi away · pop. 3,242
• Someren-Heide
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,380
• Neerkant
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,860
• Sterksel
  6.8 mi away · pop. 1,540
• Milheeze
  7 mi away · pop. 2,173
• Helenaveen
  7.5 mi away · pop. 962
• De Mortel
  9.5 mi away · pop. 1,575
• Gerwen
  9.8 mi away · pop. 2,080
• Leenderstrijp
  10 mi away · pop. 480
• Soerendonk
  10.2 mi away · pop. 1,773

Browse all places in North Brabant →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-02

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Seen 2026-09-28

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-28

Poplar Ladybird Beetle

Oenopia conglobata

Seen 2026-09-27

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-09-27

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-27

European Striped Shield Bug

Graphosoma italicum

Seen 2026-09-26

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-25

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

Official Identifiers