Oosterland

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Oosterland

Total population

2,335

Coordinates51.65°, 4.03°

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

Overview

Oosterland is a village in the south-west Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, about 22 km south of Hellevoetsluis.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Pieter Zeeman

Dutch physicist (1865–1943)

Jacob Moolenburgh

Dutch politician (1827-1892)

Harmen Siezen

Dutch news presenter, television presenter and journalist

A

Aernout Broekhuysen

I

Iman Marinus van der Bijl

14 Aug 1914 - 10 Dec 1944

Digna Sinke

Film director, screenwriter, film producer

Leonard Ochtman

American artist (1854–1935)

Joost Berman

Dutch judge and poet (1793–1855)

M

Martin Luther D’Ooge

American classical philologist (1839–1915)

M

Maria van der Deliën

J

Jacob Herman Philipse

D

Daniël Canisius

Dutch scientific instrument maker (1668–1723)

P

Pieter Verhoeff

B

Benjamin Jacobus van Oeveren

Dutch politician

J

Job de Jonge

J

Jacobus de Jongh Hemerijk Tak

Civil servant in the Netherlands Indies

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

Nearby places in Zeeland

• Nieuwerkerk
  1.5 mi away · pop. 2,640
• Sirjansland
  1.9 mi away · pop. 350
• Ouwerkerk
  2.7 mi away · pop. 600
• Bruinisse
  2.8 mi away · pop. 3,790
• Dreischor
  3.5 mi away · pop. 985
• Anna Jacobapolder
  4.1 mi away · pop. 230
• Stavenisse
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,720
• Sint-Annaland
  4.5 mi away · pop. 3,665
• Zierikzee
  4.9 mi away · pop. 11,150
• Noordgouwe
  5.1 mi away · pop. 790
• Zonnemaire
  5.7 mi away · pop. 750
• Sint Philipsland
  6.1 mi away · pop. 2,390

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.

Recently spotted species

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-27

Bright-line Brown-eye

Lacanobia oleracea

Seen 2026-09-26

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-09-26

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Sea Star

Asterias rubens

Seen 2026-09-25

Green Sea Urchin

Psammechinus miliaris

Seen 2026-09-25

Plumose Anemone

Metridium senile

Seen 2026-09-25

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-09-25

Pale Shoulder

Acontia lucida

Seen 2026-09-23

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

Official Identifiers