Breukelen

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Breukelen

Total population

10,845

Coordinates52.17°, 5.00°

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

Overview

Breukelen is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the northwest of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist interest. It is located in an area called the Vechtstreek. It is the namesake of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, New York.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Dico Koppers

Dutch footballer

Ellen van Dijk

Dutch professional road and track racing cyclist

Annemieke Kiesel

Association footballer

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

Nico de Bree

Dutch football player (1944–2016)

Gerard Vianen

Dutch professional bike racer (1944–2014)

Jan Hendrik Scholten

Dutch theologian (1811-1885)

Ludger

Bishop of Münster in Westfalen

Theo de Rooij

Dutch racing cyclist

A

Anita Nederlof

Dutch actor and singer

Ad Moons

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor (1917–2009)

J

Janneke Vos

Dutch racing cyclist

T

Teus van Vliet

Gabriël Sterk

Dutch sculptor

Cornelis Hendrik van Bemmel

Nicolaas Pieter van der Stok

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

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 Breukelen

Asymptotic distribution modulo 1

NUFFIC International Summer Session in Science (1962 Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands) · 1965

Oude prentkaarten vertellen over Breukelen

J. van Muiswinkel · 1970

Geschiedenis van de Gereformeerde Kerk van Breukelen

H. J. van Es · 1993

Seminar on "Product Range Policy in Retailing and Co-operation with Manufacturers", Breukelen (The Netherlands), 22nd-25th October, 1975

Seminar on "Product Range Policy in Retailing and Co-operation with Manufacturers", Breukelen, Netherlands (Utrecht) 1975. · 1975

Het Centrum tussen kromstaf en publiek schandaal, 1884-1932

R. van Breukelen · 1993

Op zoek naar reserve DNA en RNA

Wiegertje Johanna Labordus-Van Breukelen · 1968

Boom en Bosch

Meta A. Prins-Schimmel · 1984

Vernieuwing van speciaal onderwijs

Aryan van der Leij · 1984

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-02

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-10-01

Corn Smut

Mycosarcoma maydis

Seen 2026-10-01

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-10-01

Spiny Shield Bug

Picromerus bidens

Seen 2026-10-01

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-09-30

Tricholomella constricta

Tricholomella constricta

Seen 2026-09-30

Jelly Ear

Auricularia auricula-judae

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Official Identifiers