Den Burg

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Den Burg

Total population

7,010

Land area1.47 km²

Coordinates53.06°, 4.80°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Den Burg is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel on the island of the same name, and lies about 12 km north of Den Helder.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hans Kamp

Dutch philosopher and linguist

Imme Dros

Dutch writer

Cornelis de Jager

Dutch astronomer, university professor, pioneer of space science, science communicator and opponent of pseudoscience (1921–2021)

Willem Hendrik Keesom

Dutch physicist (1876–1956)

Willem Eduard Bok

Dutch-born South African politician and statesman (1846-1904)

K

Koos Terpstra

Dutch writer and theatre director

M

Martin Havik

Dutch bicycle racer and track cyclist

N

Nico Dros

Dutch writer

M

Marianne Witte

Dutch writer

Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Dutch windsurfer

T

Teunis Pieterszoon Keijzer

Dutch cartographer (1876-1955)

H

Hermine Landvreugd

Dutch writer (born 1967)

Henk Zijm

Dutch mathematician

S

Sjoerd Kuperus

Dutch artist (1893–1988)

Johannes Tielrooy

Dutch writer, journalist and university teacher (1886-1953)

Alice Blom

Dutch volleyball player

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• De Waal
  1.6 mi away · pop. 385
• Oudeschild
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,345
• Den Hoorn
  2.8 mi away · pop. 995
• De Koog
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,345
• Oosterend
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,275
• Den Helder
  6.9 mi away · pop. 42,556
• De Cocksdorp
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,180
• Breezand
  11.5 mi away · pop. 3,715
• Julianadorp
  11.6 mi away · pop. 12,916
• Hippolytushoef
  12.4 mi away · pop. 5,165
• Westerland
  12.5 mi away · pop. 930
• Den Oever
  12.9 mi away · pop. 2,395

Browse all places in North 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

Aniseed Funnel

Collybia odora

Seen 2026-10-02

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-10-02

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Seen 2026-10-02

European Golden-Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

Seen 2026-10-02

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Seen 2026-10-02

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Seen 2026-10-02

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