Belfeld

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Belfeld

Total population

5,540

Coordinates51.31°, 6.11°

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

Overview

Belfeld is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Venlo, and lies about 8 km southwest of the city center of Venlo, between the river Meuse and the border with Germany.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Mark Jansen

Dutch musician

Brennan Heart

Dutch DJ and hardstyle producer

C

Cay Helmich

German actress

Mathieu Smedts

Dutch journalist (1913–1996)

M

Michel Hendrix

Willem Adriaan II van Horne

1633 - 4 Mar 1694

Ton Engels

Dutch singer-songwriter

Willem van Irhoven

Dutch theologian

Sander Gommans

Dutch musician and songwriter (born 1978)

S

Sanne-Samina Hanssen

Dutch actress

W

Wiel Houwen

Sabrina Stultiens

Dutch cyclist

W

Wim Rijvers

Dutch sculptor (1927-2010)

A

Anton Becker

German officer and Knight's Cross recipient

Damian Johannes Theelen

Dutch missionary bishop (1877–1946)

Johannes Eillebrecht

wrestler (1888-1954)

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Baarlo
  1.6 mi away · pop. 6,550
• Tegelen
  2.4 mi away · pop. 15,230
• Kessel
  2.8 mi away · pop. 3,435
• Hout-Blerick
  3.4 mi away · pop. 2,550
• Beesel
  4.2 mi away · pop. 2,451
• Maasbree
  4.3 mi away · pop. 6,520
• Boekend
  4.6 mi away · pop. 640
• Venlo
  4.8 mi away · pop. 64,339
• Helden
  4.9 mi away · pop. 6,290
• Panningen
  5.8 mi away · pop. 7,290
• Koningslust
  6 mi away · pop. 1,275
• Egchel
  6.1 mi away · pop. 1,160

Browse all places in Limburg →

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 Belfeld

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Spitting Spider

Scytodes thoracica

Seen 2026-09-23

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-23

Rhododendron Leafhopper

Graphocephala fennahi

Seen 2026-09-21

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-21

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-20

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-20

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Seen 2026-09-20

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-20

common hops

Humulus lupulus

Seen 2026-09-20

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

Official Identifiers