Borculo

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Borculo

Total population

7,880

Coordinates52.11°, 6.52°

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

Overview

Borculo is a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the municipality of Berkelland, Gelderland. Borculo was an independent municipality until 2005, when it merged with Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. Other population centers in the municipality of Borculo were nearby Geesteren, Gelselaar, and Haarlo. The Berkel River flows through the city center. The Borculo Castle, which gave the city its name, was the seat of the Lords of Borculo.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Agnes of Limburg-Styrum

Abbess of Elten, Vreden, Borghorst and Freckenhorst

Irma Boom

Dutch graphic designer (born 1960)

B

Ben Gerritsen

Bert Haars

Dutch lawyer and politician (1913-1997)

Art Langeler

Dutch football manager

R

Rijk van Dam

Dutch politician

Theo ten Have

Dutch sculptor (born 1958)

M

Marinus Wes

Dutch historian and university professor (1939–2008)

Hans Jorritsma

Dutch field hockey player

Johan Herman Sigismund van Nagell

politician

H

Hüseyin Cengiz

Turkish association football player (born 1984)

Marcel Willemsen

Dutch sidecarcross rider

M

Maja Zomer

Dutch artist (born 1961)

J

Jelte Maan

volleyball player

Waalko Jans Dingemans sr.

Dutch painter and etcher (1873-1925)

Carel de Villeneuve

Indonesian lawyer (1897-1974)

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

Nearby places in Gelderland

• Geesteren
  1.7 mi away · pop. 1,305
• Haarlo
  2.7 mi away · pop. 695
• Noordijk
  3.1 mi away · pop. 865
• Barchem
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,750
• Beltrum
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,870
• Gelselaar
  3.8 mi away · pop. 660
• Rietmolen
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,035
• Veldhoek
  6.6 mi away · pop. 155
• Kranenburg
  6.9 mi away · pop. 215
• Mariënvelde
  7.4 mi away · pop. 901
• Zieuwent
  7.7 mi away · pop. 1,995
• Laren
  8.4 mi away · pop. 4,140

Browse all places in Gelderland →

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 Borculo

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-10-02

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-10-01

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-28

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-26

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-26

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-09-25

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-23

Brown Roll-Rim

Paxillus involutus

Seen 2026-09-23

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-09-23

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

Official Identifiers