Dongen

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Dongen

Total population

23,175

Coordinates51.62°, 4.94°

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

Overview

Dongen is a municipality and village in North Brabant, in the southern Netherlands. It formerly had a profitable leather industry, and a few shoe factories in the town's older sections remain. The town is near a small river called the Donge, the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts automobile was built here in 1899.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jeroen Blijlevens

road bicycle racer

Jef van de Vijver

Dutch track cyclist and bicycle racer (1915–2005)

C

Charlie van den Ouweland

Dutch association football player

P

Pieter A.H. Hofman

Dutch graphic designer (1886-1965)

G

Guus Hellegers

Dutch sculptor (1937–2019)

Guus Weitzel

Dutch television presenter and journalist (1904–1989)

B

Bertus van Mook

Dutch golfer

Pépé Grégoire

Dutch sculptor

T

Titus Willem de Tourton Bruyns

D

Daphne Touw

field hockey player

Kees Willemen

K

Karel Voogt

Dutch association football player (1921-1979)

Joop van den Broek

Dutch journalist and novelist (1926-1997)

B

Bert Vermeeren

Dutch painter (1910-1967)

A

Adrianus van Dongen

S

Simon Anselmus Vosters

Dutch hispanicist and romanist (1925-2015)

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

Nearby places in North Brabant

• Oosteind
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,254
• De Moer
  3.3 mi away · pop. 557
• Hulten
  3.7 mi away · pop. 315
• Molenschot
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,245
• Raamsdonksveer
  5.6 mi away · pop. 12,535
• Den Hout
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,185
• Loon op Zand
  5.9 mi away · pop. 6,095
• Geertruidenberg
  6.2 mi away · pop. 6,880
• Ulvenhout
  8 mi away · pop. 4,794
• Drimmelen
  8.1 mi away · pop. 545
• Hooge Zwaluwe
  9 mi away · pop. 1,709
• Babyloniënbroek
  9 mi away · pop. 438

Browse all places in North Brabant →

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 Dongen

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Deathcap

Amanita phalloides

Seen 2026-09-24

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-24

Grey Pine Carpet

Thera obeliscata

Seen 2026-09-24

Western Polecat

Mustela putorius

Seen 2026-09-24

bright-spotted groundbug

Rhyparochromus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-23

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Seen 2026-09-23

European Tree Frog

Hyla arborea

Seen 2026-09-23

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-23

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

Official Identifiers