Buinen

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Buinen

Total population

821

Coordinates52.93°, 6.84°

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

Overview

Buinen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 18 km north of Emmen.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

H

Hessel de Vries

Dutch physicist (1916–1959)

Melvin Boskamp

Dutch cyclist

B

Bart Veenstra

Dutch writer and columnist (1921-2005)

Carsten De Dreu

Dutch psychologist

W

Warmolt Alingh

politician

H

Herman Petrus Krull

Dutch politician (1856–1915)

J

Jan Alingh

Dutch politician (1792–1868)

Janneke Ensing

Dutch speed skater and cyclist

W

Wim Scholtmeijer

Dutch korfball player

Ko Wierenga

Dutch politician (1933–2013)

Berend Scholtens

Dutch football player (1918-2001)

Jan Beijering

Dutch criminal (1922–2012)

Wemeltje Kruit

G

Gerard Nijenhuis

Dutch poet and writer

G

Gerrit Santing

Dutch sculptor (1914–2005)

Jan Krol

Dutch actor (1962–2023)

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

Nearby places in Drenthe

• Buinerveen
  1.7 mi away · pop. 419
• Borger
  2.1 mi away · pop. 4,720
• Ees
  2.2 mi away · pop. 353
• Drouwen
  2.3 mi away · pop. 512
• Drouwenerveen
  2.5 mi away · pop. 269
• Gasselte
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,835
• 1e Exloërmond
  3.4 mi away · pop. 367
• Exloo
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,641
• Gasselternijveen
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,852
• Drouwenermond
  4 mi away · pop. 575
• 2e Exloërmond
  4.2 mi away · pop. 2,368
• Nieuw-Buinen
  5.3 mi away · pop. 4,765

Browse all places in Drenthe →

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

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-21

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-21

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Seen 2026-09-20

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-20

Buff-tip

Phalera bucephala

Seen 2026-09-20

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2026-09-19

common mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-13

European Dyer's Polypore

Phaeolus schweinitzii

Seen 2026-09-02

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