Koewacht

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Koewacht

Total population

2,545

Coordinates51.23°, 3.97°

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

Overview

Koewacht is a village on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Ab Baars

Dutch tenor saxophonist and clarinetist

L

Lupus Hellinck

Franco-Flemish composer and singer

Cath Luyten

Belgian television presenter

J

Josias de Backer

politician

Jan Dellaert

Dutch aviator

Jona Willem te Water

Dutch church historian and theologian (1740–1822)

Petrus Dieleman

Dutch politician (1873–1961)

R

René van Hove

Dutch cyclist (1913-1997)

Adriaan Frans Meijer

Eugène Allonsius

Belgian middle- and long-distance runner

Stephen van Haestregt

Dutch musician

Léon de Caluwé

Dutch university teacher (1950–2019)

Pieter Paulus

Dutch politician

D

Dick Boer

Ahold CEO

Richard Bukacki

Dutch cyclist (1946-2024)

P

Pieter Moorthamer

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

Nearby places in Zeeland

• Heikant
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,125
• Zuiddorpe
  2.9 mi away · pop. 920
• Axel
  3.8 mi away · pop. 7,835
• Sint Jansteen
  4.2 mi away · pop. 3,165
• Kapellebrug
  4.4 mi away · pop. 330
• Hulst
  5.1 mi away · pop. 10,845
• Clinge
  5.8 mi away · pop. 2,320
• Spui
  6.2 mi away · pop. 185
• Zaamslag
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,800
• Westdorpe
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,905
• Vogelwaarde
  6.6 mi away · pop. 2,090
• Terhole
  6.7 mi away · pop. 475

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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

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-24

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-24

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-17

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus

Seen 2026-09-12

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-10

Green Meshweaver

Nigma walckenaeri

Seen 2026-09-09

Girdled Snail

Hygromia cinctella

Seen 2026-09-09

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-07

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

Official Identifiers