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De Zilk

Total population

2,187

Coordinates52.30°, 4.54°

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

Overview

Noordwijkerhout is a town and former municipality in the western part of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The town is currently part of the municipality of Noordwijk and lies in the bulb-growing region of the Netherlands, which is famed for its tulips.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Bram Moolenaar

Dutch programmer (1961–2023)

Adrianus Johannes Simonis

Catholic cardinal (1931-2020)

Gert-Jan Segers

Dutch former political scientist and politician

J

Joseph Smit

Dutch natural history illustrator (1836-1929)

Pieter Vink

Dutch football referee and police officer (born 1967)

Herman Boerhaave

Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

Dutch pilot (1927-1977)

Luc(as) de Groot

Dutch type designer (born 1963)

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player (born 1970)

Sebastian Langeveld

Dutch road bicycle racer

Rob van Dijk

Dutch footballer

B

Bill Vander Zalm

Canadian politician

Wander Johannes de Haas

Dutch physicist (1878–1960)

Simon de Graaff

Dutch politician (1861–1948)

Bastiaan Ragas

Dutch actor

G

Geer van Velde

Dutch painter (1898–1977)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Hillegom
  1.8 mi away · pop. 21,316
• Noordwijkerhout
  3.5 mi away · pop. 14,423
• Sassenheim
  5.5 mi away · pop. 15,680
• Noordwijk
  5.9 mi away · pop. 25,867
• Voorhout
  5.9 mi away · pop. 15,620
• Kaag
  6.2 mi away · pop. 480
• Nieuwe Wetering
  7.2 mi away · pop. 715
• Oude Wetering
  7.4 mi away · pop. 3,970
• Warmond
  7.4 mi away · pop. 4,800
• Oud Ade
  7.7 mi away · pop. 765
• Rijpwetering
  7.7 mi away · pop. 1,595
• Leimuiden
  7.7 mi away · pop. 4,360

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

European Fallow Deer

Dama dama

Seen 2026-09-24

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-24

Dustbin-lid Jelly

Rhizostoma octopus

Seen 2026-09-24

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-09-24

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-23

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-09-23

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-23

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-23

rooting shank

Oudemansiella radicata

Seen 2026-09-23

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