Bleskensgraaf

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Bleskensgraaf

Total population

2,876

Land area12.7 km²

Coordinates51.87°, 4.78°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bleskensgraaf is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 10 km northeast of Dordrecht. It has an area of 1272 hectares. On 1 January 2009 Bleskensgraaf and Hofwegen had 2797 inhabitants in 936 residences.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Carel Visser

Dutch sculptor (1928-2015)

Piet van Wijngaarden

Dutch motorcycle racer (1898–1950)

Jan Klijnjan

Dutch footballer (1945–2022)

M

Martin Visser

Dutch art collector and furniture designer (1922-2009)

J

Jan Pieter Bos

12 Jul 1891 - 15 Dec 2002

R

Robert de Poel

Dutch bicycle racer

Loek Peters

Dutch actor (born 1974)

John den Dunnen

Dutch association football player

Marieke van Ginneken

Dutch singer

Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis

Dutch ethnographer and physicist (1864–1953)

L

Leon Simons

Dutch Korfball player and coach

Soraya de Visch Eijbergen

badminton player

Yolanda Hadid

American television personality and former model

Guido van der Werve

Dutch visual artist (born 1977)

Piet Admiraal

Elisabeth Charlotte Elikink

Dutch poet (1740-1812)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Brandwijk
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,291
• Molenaarsgraaf
  2 mi away · pop. 1,160
• Wijngaarden
  2.1 mi away · pop. 705
• Streefkerk
  2.6 mi away · pop. 2,481
• Sliedrecht
  3.3 mi away · pop. 25,010
• Ottoland
  3.5 mi away · pop. 983
• Oud-Alblas
  3.5 mi away · pop. 2,205
• Hardinxveld-Giessendam
  3.9 mi away · pop. 17,872
• Ammerstol
  4 mi away · pop. 1,655
• Groot-Ammers
  4 mi away · pop. 4,208
• Giessen-Oudekerk
  4.1 mi away · pop. 815
• Bergambacht
  4.1 mi away · pop. 6,910

Browse all places in South Holland →

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Seen 2026-10-02

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-10-01

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-10-01

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-10-01

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-10-01

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-10-01

Gadwall

Mareca strepera

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-10-01

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

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