Gronsveld

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Gronsveld

Total population

2,360

Coordinates50.81°, 5.73°

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

Overview

Gronsveld is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten and situated southeast of the municipality of Maastricht, to which it is bordering.

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

Léon Semmeling

Belgian footballer (1940–2024)

Eugène Dubois

Dutch paleoanthropologist (1858–1940)

Roger Claessen

Belgian football player and manager (1941–1982)

Charles Hamilton Smith

British artist and naturalist (1776-1859)

É

Émile Lejeune

Belgian football player (1938–2024)

Jo Bonfrere

Dutch footballer and manager

G

Godefroid Udalric DeLaMargelle

J

Jo Maas

road bicycle racer

Huub Broers

Flemish politician

Wil Roebroeks

Dutch archaeologist (born 1955)

Jean Habets

Dutch bicycle racer

Alphons Wijnen

(Lieze, Visé, (Belgium), 7 June 1912{{spnd}}Leende, 7 March 2001) was a Dutch soldier

R

Raphaël Quaranta

Belgian association football player

P

Patrick Aussems

Belgian association football player

W

Winand Heynen

Belgian politician (1835-1916)

T

Thomas Geminus

Flemish engraver and printer (1510–1562)

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Rijckholt
  0.9 mi away · pop. 655
• Oost-Maarland
  1.4 mi away · pop. 910
• Eckelrade
  1.6 mi away · pop. 575
• Sint Geertruid
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,420
• Eijsden
  2.5 mi away · pop. 7,895
• Mariadorp
  2.6 mi away
• Bemelen
  2.9 mi away · pop. 600
• Maastricht
  3.3 mi away · pop. 120,105
• Mesch
  3.3 mi away · pop. 340
• Mheer
  3.4 mi away · pop. 910
• Banholt
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,010
• Margraten
  4 mi away · pop. 3,775

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.

Books about Gronsveld

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-02

Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-10-01

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Seen 2026-10-01

Bukhara Fleeceflower

Fallopia baldschuanica

Seen 2026-10-01

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-10-01

White deadnettle

Lamium album

Seen 2026-10-01

red deadnettle

Lamium purpureum

Seen 2026-10-01

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers