Houten

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Houten

Total population

46,050

Elevation2 m

Land area58.98 km²

Coordinates52.03°, 5.16°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Houten is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jacobus Trigland

Dutch theologian (1583-1654)

Marian van de Wal

Dutch singer

Gerard de Korte

Catholic bishop

Johannes Beck

Dutch association football referee (1933-2012)

Gijsbrecht van Brederode

Dutch bishop

R

Robin Rienstra

Dutch actor and television actor (born 1976)

Huub van Heiningen

Dutch journalist and writer (1924–2018)

C

Cor van Wiggen

Dutch politician

Cornelis Winkler

Dutch psychiatrist (1855-1941)

Willemijn Stokvis

Dutch art historian and university teacher

P

Pieter van Braam

Dutch poet and writer

Gerrit Hendrik van Mourik Broekman

Dutch civil engineer and university teacher (1875-1948)

F

Fons Verheijen

Dutch architect

Jacob Jan Cambier

Dutch politician (1756-1831)

J

Jeannette Lewin

field hockey player

Tippy de Lanoy Meijer

Dutch field hockey player

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

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 Houten

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-10-02

Forest Cockroach

Ectobius sylvestris

Seen 2026-10-02

Pine Ladybird

Exochomus quadripustulatus

Seen 2026-10-02

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-10-02

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-02

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-10-01

Corn Smut

Mycosarcoma maydis

Seen 2026-10-01

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Houten, sourced from Wikidata.

• FSWeekend

  recurring event

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Official Identifiers