Bolnes

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Bolnes

Total population

7,740

Coordinates51.89°, 4.58°

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

Overview

Bolnes is a Dutch village in the municipality of Ridderkerk in the province of South Holland. It is situated on the island IJsselmonde on the south bank of the river Nieuwe Maas, just east of the junction with the Hollandse IJssel, bordering on the municipality of Rotterdam. In 2004, 7300 people lived in Bolnes.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Kees van Dongen

Dutch painter (1877-1968)

Inge de Bruijn

Dutch swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder

Piet Pieterszoon Hein

Dutch admiral (1578-1629)

Leen Barth

Dutch footballer

J

Jan II van Arkel

1034 - 1077

J

Jo Goetzee

Dutch race walker (1884–1935)

Johanna Leeuwenburg-Hordijk

Centenarians from the Netherlands

Jacob Dane

M

Marco Booij

Dutch water polo player

C

Carel van Nievelt

Dutch writer (1843–1913)

H

Hans Dercksen

Dutch pianist

A

Anton Heiden

Dutch water polo player

G

Gerben Silvis

Dutch water polo player

M

Matthijs de Bruijn

Dutch water polo player

Johan Brouwer

Dutch writer and translator (1898-1943)

Wessel van der Brugge

Dutch Titanic victim (1873–1912)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Slikkerveer
  1.2 mi away · pop. 8,760
• Krimpen aan den IJssel
  1.6 mi away · pop. 29,123
• Kinderdijk
  2.3 mi away · pop. 811
• Krimpen aan de Lek
  2.4 mi away · pop. 6,580
• Capelle aan den IJssel
  2.7 mi away · pop. 66,421
• Rijsoord
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,995
• Barendrecht
  3.1 mi away · pop. 48,344
• Oostendam
  3.6 mi away · pop. 605
• Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
  3.7 mi away · pop. 5,690
• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  4 mi away · pop. 29,730
• Alblasserdam
  4 mi away · pop. 20,005
• Heerjansdam
  4 mi away · pop. 3,790

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.

Recently spotted species

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-10-02

European Nursery Web spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Seen 2026-10-02

Poplar Grey

Acronicta megacephala

Seen 2026-10-02

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-10-02

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-10-02

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-10-01

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-10-01

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-09-30

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-30

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