Heerjansdam

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Heerjansdam

Total population

3,790

Coordinates51.84°, 4.56°

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

Overview

Heerjansdam is a village in the western Netherlands, in the municipality of Zwijndrecht, South Holland. It has a population of 3,590.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Zara Whites

Dutch pornographic actress and political activist

Leen Barth

Dutch footballer

N

Nijs Korevaar

Dutch water polo player (1927–2016)

S

Sander Fischer

Dutch footballer

Henk Hagoort

Dutch historian

Jan Reedijk

Dutch chemist

Arina Hugenholtz

Dutch painter (1848-1934)

Stoffel Muller

Hessel Visser

Dutch logistics expert, author, lecturer ans business engineer

Ad Zuiderent

Dutch poet and literary critic

Gerard Bouman

J

Jan Hordijk

Dutch bicycle racer and track cyclist

E

Eibert Tigchelaar

Dutch biblical scholar

Mattheus Marinus Schepman

Dutch malacologist

Gerardus Kuypers

D

Don Rigters

Dutch basketball player (born 1992)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Barendrecht
  1.8 mi away · pop. 48,344
• Rijsoord
  1.8 mi away · pop. 2,995
• Puttershoek
  2.1 mi away · pop. 6,910
• Maasdam
  3.1 mi away · pop. 3,274
• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  3.2 mi away · pop. 29,730
• Oostendam
  3.5 mi away · pop. 605
• Heinenoord
  3.5 mi away · pop. 3,591
• Zwijndrecht
  3.6 mi away · pop. 40,635
• Bolnes
  4 mi away · pop. 7,740
• Mijnsheerenland
  4.1 mi away · pop. 4,486
• Kinderdijk
  4.9 mi away · pop. 811
• Alblasserdam
  4.9 mi away · pop. 20,005

Browse all places in South Holland →

Recently spotted species

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-10-02

European Nursery Web spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Seen 2026-10-02

Poplar Grey

Acronicta megacephala

Seen 2026-10-02

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-10-02

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-10-02

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-10-01

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-10-01

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-30

Black Swan

Cygnus atratus

Seen 2026-09-30

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

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