Heinkenszand

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Heinkenszand

Total population

5,555

Coordinates51.47°, 3.82°

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

Overview

Heinkenszand is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is the largest settlement in the municipality of Borsele, which has approximately 22,500 inhabitants, and lies about 14 km east of Middelburg.

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

Cees Priem

Dutch cyclist

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Willem Lodewijk Harthoorn

J

Jacobus Verwest

Dutch-Belgian painter

M

Michiel Zonnevylle

Dutch politician

J

Johannis Oudkerk

18 Mar 1900 - 10 Dec 1944

Anjolie Wisse

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor

Aart Jacob Marcusse

Police man (1868–1933)

A

Ad de Jager

Dutch politician (1938-2021)

C

Cees Rentmeester

Dutch bicycle racer

J

Johan de Kanter

Dutch historian (1762-1841)

Christiaan Lucasse

Dutch politician and lawyer (1852-1926)

A

Adriaan Luteijn

choreographer

D

Dirk Jan Koets

Dutch painter (1895-1956)

N

Nico de Jonge

Dutch landscape architect

E

Engel Reinhoudt

Dutch singer

A

André Verbart

Dutch poet

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

Nearby places in Zeeland

• 's-Heer Arendskerke
  1.4 mi away · pop. 1,295
• Nisse
  1.9 mi away · pop. 624
• 's-Heerenhoek
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,958
• 's-Heer Abtskerke
  2.7 mi away · pop. 525
• 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,305
• Ovezande
  3 mi away · pop. 1,163
• Nieuwdorp
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,203
• Lewedorp
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,715
• Kwadendamme
  3.8 mi away · pop. 944
• Goes
  3.8 mi away · pop. 27,495
• Driewegen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 549
• 's-Gravenpolder
  3.8 mi away · pop. 4,687

Browse all places in Zeeland →

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

Small Heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Seen 2026-10-01

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-10-01

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-10-01

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-10-01

red deadnettle

Lamium purpureum

Seen 2026-10-01

White deadnettle

Lamium album

Seen 2026-10-01

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-10-01

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-10-01

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers