Muntendam

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Muntendam

Total population

4,674

Land area2.38 km²

Coordinates53.14°, 6.87°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Muntendam is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen. The village has a population of 4,635 (2021). Muntendam had been an independent parish since the Middle Ages, but until 1840 it was ecclesiastically part of Zuidbroek.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Marianne Timmer

Dutch speed skater

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Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff

Dutch politician and farmer

Frits Schür

Dutch cyclist

K

Koert Thalén

Dutch association football player

Maaike Vos

Dutch speed skater

G

Geert Westers

N

Niels Post

Dutch artist (born 1972)

M

Meint Veninga

S

San Glaser

Dutch singer

K

Kees Visscher

Dutch writer (1930-2007)

Mees Toxopeus

Addeke Hendrik Boerma

Dutch economist (1912–1992)

J

Jurjen Geert Pinkster

A

Anko Scholtens

J

Jan Koolhof

C

Carel Kral

Dutch photographer (1917–1995)

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

Nearby places in Groningen

• Tripscompagnie
  1.9 mi away · pop. 115
• Borgercompagnie
  2.5 mi away · pop. 470
• Ommelanderwijk
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,055
• Kleinemeer
  3.8 mi away
• Zuidwending
  3.8 mi away · pop. 410
• Kiel-Windeweer
  4.2 mi away · pop. 867
• Westerlee
  4.9 mi away · pop. 1,480
• Froombosch
  5.5 mi away · pop. 825
• Heiligerlee
  5.8 mi away · pop. 1,435
• Nieuw-Scheemda
  6 mi away · pop. 275
• Kolham
  6.1 mi away · pop. 1,330
• Kropswolde
  6.2 mi away · pop. 1,575

Browse all places in Groningen →

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 Muntendam

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pestle Puffball

Lycoperdon excipuliforme

Seen 2026-10-14

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-10-07

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-10-07

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Seen 2026-10-04

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-04

wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Seen 2026-10-03

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-03

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Seen 2026-09-30

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Official Identifiers