Capelle aan den IJssel

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Capelle aan den IJssel

Total population

66,421

Coordinates51.93°, 4.59°

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

Overview

Capelle aan den IJssel is a large town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 67,319 in 2021, and covers an area of 15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi), of which 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) is water. It is situated on the eastern edge of Rotterdam, on the Hollandse IJssel river.

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)

D

Daan van Golden

Dutch painter (1936-2017)

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

• Krimpen aan den IJssel
  1.2 mi away · pop. 29,123
• Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
  2 mi away · pop. 5,690
• Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
  2.7 mi away · pop. 21,595
• Bolnes
  2.7 mi away · pop. 7,740
• Krimpen aan de Lek
  3.2 mi away · pop. 6,580
• Kinderdijk
  3.6 mi away · pop. 811
• Lekkerkerk
  4.7 mi away · pop. 7,680
• Rotterdam
  4.7 mi away · pop. 572,392
• Nieuw-Lekkerland
  4.9 mi away · pop. 8,464
• Berkenwoude
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,715
• Moordrecht
  5.2 mi away · pop. 8,395
• Gouderak
  5.3 mi away · pop. 2,650

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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

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-30

devil's-fingers

Clathrus archeri

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Official Identifiers