Finsterwolde

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Finsterwolde

Total population

2,260

Land area42.16 km²

Coordinates53.20°, 7.08°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Finsterwolde is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen, about 7 km northeast of the city of Winschoten. Finsterwolde was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Beerta into Reiderland. In 2010 Reiderland merged into the municipality Oldambt. The old municipality of Finsterwolde included six small nearby or connecting settlements. These are also taken into account in the population estimate of 2008, without which the actual population, purely based on the centre and new developments, would be 1250. The village is known for the Galery Waalkens.

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

Wietse Veenstra

Dutch footballer

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Hendrik Ebo Kaspers

Dutch author (1869-1953)

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Henricus Klugkist

German theologian

Menno Jan ter Haseborg

Dutch lawyer and politician (1811-1881)

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K.H. Holthuis

Dutch architect (1852–1942)

Jan Terpstra

Dutch teacher and politician (1888–1952)

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Jaffe Wink

Dutch journalist and philosopher

Berend Kunst

Dutch painter (1794-1881)

Nicolaas Westendorp Boerma

Dutch theologian (1872-1951)

Jurjen Mellema

Dutch politician (1923–2017)

Pieter Offens

Dutch rower

C.J. Geertsema

politician

Harm van der Veen

Dutch historian

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Alphonsus Petrus Antonius Vorenkamp

Dutch Monuments Man and Museum Director (1898-1953)

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Lucas Jurriaanz Zuydland

Commander of the Dutch Fleet (1698-1766)

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Luit J De Kok

researcher

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

Nearby places in Groningen

• Oostwold
  1.6 mi away · pop. 1,470
• Blauwestad
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,025
• Nieuw-Beerta
  3.4 mi away · pop. 120
• Drieborg
  4.1 mi away · pop. 485
• Heiligerlee
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,435
• Oudeschans
  4.8 mi away · pop. 100
• Westerlee
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,480
• Bad Nieuweschans
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,370
• 't Waar
  5.7 mi away · pop. 110
• Woldendorp
  5.7 mi away · pop. 915
• Nieuw-Scheemda
  5.7 mi away · pop. 275
• Blijham
  6.1 mi away · pop. 2,240

Browse all places in Groningen →

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 Finsterwolde

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Knot Grass Moth

Acronicta rumicis

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Stretch Spider

Tetragnatha extensa

Seen 2026-09-14

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Seen 2026-09-14

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Seen 2026-09-08

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Seen 2026-09-03

Marsh Grey

Eudonia pallida

Seen 2026-08-27

common silverweed

Argentina anserina

Seen 2026-08-26

Straw Dot

Rivula sericealis

Seen 2026-08-25

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2026-08-25

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

Official Identifiers