Naaldwijk

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Naaldwijk

Total population

20,295

Coordinates51.99°, 4.21°

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

Overview

Naaldwijk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km southwest of The Hague.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Agnes van Ardenne

Dutch politician and diplomat

Franco Burgersdijk

Dutch logician

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W. J. Maryson

Dutch writer (1950-2011)

Gerrit van Poelje

Dutch civil servant, lawyer and Public Administration scholar (1884–1976)

Gerrit Solleveld

road bicycle racer

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Rein Kolpa

Dutch singer

Aart Broek

Dutch columnist and writer (born 1954)

Roel C. Verburg

Dutch comedian

Kees Broekman

Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach (1927-1992)

Jan Knippenberg

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor (1948-1995)

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Adriaan Olree

Dutch actor (born 1952)

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Arjan van der Kaaij

Dutch football player

Johan Voskamp

Dutch footballer

Piet Keizer

Dutch speed skater

Michiel Smit

Dutch far-right politician

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Henk Boon

Dutch football player

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Heenweg
  1.4 mi away · pop. 690
• Honselersdijk
  1.5 mi away · pop. 7,565
• 's-Gravenzande
  2.1 mi away · pop. 21,130
• Monster
  2.5 mi away · pop. 13,900
• Maasdijk
  2.5 mi away · pop. 4,340
• Kwintsheul
  2.6 mi away · pop. 3,660
• Ter Heijde
  3.1 mi away · pop. 685
• Hook of Holland
  3.4 mi away · pop. 10,212
• Wateringen
  3.6 mi away · pop. 15,680
• Schipluiden
  4.7 mi away · pop. 4,533
• Maasland
  4.8 mi away · pop. 6,536
• Maassluis
  5.3 mi away · pop. 32,484

Browse all places in South Holland →

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

Domestic Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata domestica

Seen 2026-10-02

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-10-02

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

Seen 2026-10-02

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Goshawk

Astur gentilis

Seen 2026-10-01

Great Shearwater

Ardenna gravis

Seen 2026-10-01

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers