Geesteren

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Geesteren

Total population

4,302

Coordinates52.42°, 6.74°

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

Overview

Geesteren is a village in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Tubbergen, Overijssel about 9 km northeast of Almelo.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Arenda Grimberg

Dutch cyclist

Azra Akın

Turkish actor and fashion model (born 1981)

A

Arend Joan Rutgers

Dutch chemist

Kea Bouman

Dutch tennis player (1903-1998)

Kirsten Wild

Dutch racing cyclist

Christa Jaarsma

Dutch speed skater

Brian van Loo

Dutch footballer

Ilse DeLange

Dutch country and pop singer

F

Frank Löwik

Dutch historian (1956-2009)

Berdien Stenberg

Dutch flutist, politician

Wout Brama

Dutch association football player

Arnold Bruggink

Dutch association football player

Gerard Ziegeler

Dutch football player (1894-1985)

F

Frits Schipper

Dutch footballer (1904-1989)

Bertus Freese

Dutch footballer (1902-1959)

Marc Höcher

Dutch footballer

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

Nearby places in Overijssel

• Tubbergen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 6,374
• Manderveen
  2.5 mi away · pop. 605
• Harbrinkhoek
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,867
• De Pollen
  3 mi away · pop. 500
• Mariaparochie
  3.1 mi away · pop. 273
• Langeveen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,275
• Albergen
  3.7 mi away · pop. 3,550
• Fleringen
  3.9 mi away · pop. 892
• Vasse
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,545
• Reutum
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,346
• Vriezenveen
  5.2 mi away · pop. 13,895
• Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk
  5.4 mi away · pop. 4,760

Browse all places in Overijssel →

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

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-30

Parasol

Macrolepiota procera

Seen 2026-09-24

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-20

Long-winged Conehead

Conocephalus fuscus

Seen 2026-09-18

Mossy Rose Gall Wasp

Diplolepis rosae

Seen 2026-09-18

Green Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Seen 2026-09-18

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-17

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-16

common groundsel

Senecio vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-14

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