Middelburg

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Middelburg

Total population

40,345

Coordinates51.50°, 3.61°

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

Overview

Middelburg is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province, Midden-Zeeland, it has a population of about 48,000.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Danny Blind

Dutch association football manager (born 1961)

Constantin Guys

French painter (1802-1892)

Piet de Visser

Dutch football manager

Jan Schröder

Dutch marineoffizier (1800–1885)

M

Marco Kunst

Dutch writer

Adrianus Wijnandus Lazonder

Dutch minister and teacher (1908-1974)

David Kodde

Dutch politician (1894-1967)

Lex Bohlmeijer

Dutch television presenter

J

Jan de Pree

Dutch politician (1925-1996)

C

Cornelis Vlot

(1906-1944)

J

Joseph Bukkens

E

Elsebeth van Blerkom

Dutch industrial designer (1919–2009)

John Brosens

Dutch writer

Jan Paul Schutten

Dutch writer

Gerrie Hondius

Dutch singer, writer and cabaret artist

Gerard von Brucken Fock

composer (1859-1935)

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

Nearby places in Zeeland

• Sint Laurens
  2 mi away · pop. 860
• Nieuw- en Sint Joosland
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,350
• Oost-Souburg
  2.5 mi away · pop. 10,240
• Arnemuiden
  2.7 mi away · pop. 5,315
• Koudekerke
  2.8 mi away · pop. 3,441
• Gapinge
  3.1 mi away · pop. 484
• Grijpskerke
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,394
• Ritthem
  3.4 mi away · pop. 515
• Zanddijk
  3.4 mi away · pop. 860
• Serooskerke
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,792
• Biggekerke
  3.8 mi away · pop. 902
• Vlissingen
  4 mi away · pop. 33,625

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.

Books about Middelburg

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Long-winged Conehead

Conocephalus fuscus

Seen 2026-10-01

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-10-01

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-10-01

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-10-01

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-10-01

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-10-01

Black Medick

Medicago lupulina

Seen 2026-10-01

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-30

Red Knot

Calidris canutus

Seen 2026-09-30

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