Bleiswijk

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Bleiswijk

Total population

11,919

WeatherAvg high 58.6°F

Coordinates52.01°, 4.53°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bleiswijk is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Maria van Oosterwijck

Dutch Golden Age painter (1630-1693)

Adriaen van der Werff

Dutch painter (1659–1722)

Jan Janssen

Dutch cyclist

Leo Kouwenhoven

Dutch physicist and university professor

Carel Gerretson

Dutch writer, essayist, historian, and politician (1884–1958)

J

Jack Hamel

Dutch actor and painter (1890-1951)

Charles Rochussen

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1814-1894)

Jim de Booy

Dutch politician (1885-1969)

Lambertus Zijl

Dutch sculptor and medalist (1866-1947)

Michael Poot

Dutch speed skater

J.H. Speenhoff

Dutch poet, writer and cabaret artist (1869-1945)

Huib Noorlander

Dutch sculptor (1928–2004)

Aad Steylen

Dutch distance runner

C.N. van Goor

Dutch architect (1861–1945)

H

Hermanus Petrus Josephus de Vries

Dutch architect (1895–1965)

Paul Schulten

Dutch fashion designer

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Bergschenhoek
  1.9 mi away · pop. 18,075
• Zevenhuizen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 7,090
• Berkel en Rodenrijs
  2.8 mi away · pop. 30,048
• Moerkapelle
  2.9 mi away · pop. 4,400
• Zoetermeer
  3.9 mi away · pop. 124,780
• Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
  4.6 mi away · pop. 21,595
• Benthuizen
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,352
• Waddinxveen
  5.8 mi away · pop. 32,015
• Delfgauw
  5.8 mi away · pop. 9,240
• Capelle aan den IJssel
  6 mi away · pop. 66,421
• Moordrecht
  6.1 mi away · pop. 8,395
• Stompwijk
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,315

Browse all places in South Holland →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers