Gulpen

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Gulpen

Total population

4,120

Coordinates50.81°, 5.89°

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

Overview

Gulpen is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Pierre Lardinois

Dutch politician (1924-1987)

Fons van Wissen

Dutch football player (1933-2015)

Charles Vandenhove

Belgian architect (1927–2019)

Casimir Ubaghs

Flemish theologian (1800–1875)

Wil Roebroeks

Dutch archaeologist (born 1955)

R

Ramon Voorn

Dutch footballer

Jean Habets

Dutch bicycle racer

F

Frans Beckers

Dutch politician

Peter Essers

Dutch economist and politician

Lei Molin

Dutch painter (1927-1990)

M

Maurice Peek

Dutch chess player

Jean Bessems

Dutch cue sports player

Mark Luijpers

Dutch association football player

Jeroen Geurts

Dutch neurobiologist (*1978)

P

Pierre Schummer

Jan Willem Brouwers

Dutch writer and parson

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Partij
  1.3 mi away · pop. 735
• Wijlre
  1.3 mi away · pop. 2,520
• Mechelen
  2 mi away · pop. 1,850
• Wahlwiller
  2.1 mi away · pop. 400
• Eys
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,715
• Scheulder
  2.3 mi away · pop. 320
• Reijmerstok
  2.5 mi away · pop. 540
• Epen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,075
• Schin op Geul
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,365
• Nijswiller
  3 mi away · pop. 715
• Margraten
  3 mi away · pop. 3,775
• Ransdaal
  3.4 mi away · pop. 972

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 Gulpen

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

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

Crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers