Genhout

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Genhout

Total population

1,300

Coordinates50.93°, 5.82°

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

Overview

Genhout is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beek, and consists of two former settlements: the village Groot Genhout and the hamlet Klein Genhout. Since 2005, the two settlements are no longer distinguished. It is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-east of Maastricht.

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

Casimir Ubaghs

Flemish theologian (1800–1875)

H

Hub van Laar

Dutch musical instruments maker

Jef Lahaye

Dutch bicycle racer (1932–1990)

G

Godfried Pieters

Dutch sculptor (born 1936)

Angel-Eye

Dutch singer, record producer, composer and pianist

R

Ramon Voorn

Dutch footballer

J

Jef Smeets

Belgian lawyer and politician

Léon Dolmans

Belgian footballer

Lei Molin

Dutch painter (1927-1990)

P

Peter Harings

Dutch bicycle racer and cyclo-cross cyclist

J

Jean Ramaekers

Belgian politician (1862-1930)

C

Carlos Mesters

Theologian

Jeroen Geurts

Dutch neurobiologist (*1978)

T

Theodoor Smeets

Belgian politician (1893-1973)

Kyara Stijns

Dutch cyclist

J

Jacques Lemmens

Dutch jewelry designer

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Spaubeek
  1.1 mi away · pop. 3,331
• Beek
  1.3 mi away · pop. 8,456
• Geverik
  1.5 mi away · pop. 395
• Schimmert
  1.5 mi away · pop. 3,226
• Neerbeek
  1.6 mi away · pop. 2,441
• Sweikhuizen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 689
• Ulestraten
  2.3 mi away · pop. 2,822
• Catsop
  2.4 mi away · pop. 530
• Moorveld
  2.5 mi away · pop. 500
• Elsloo
  2.6 mi away · pop. 7,200
• Puth
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Geulle
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,930

Browse all places in Limburg →

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

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-09-21

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-21

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-21

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-21

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Seen 2026-09-20

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-19

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-19

bonnet mold

Spinellus fusiger

Seen 2026-09-19

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-19

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