Oostvoorne

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Oostvoorne

Total population

7,825

Land area28.49 km²

Coordinates51.91°, 4.10°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oostvoorne is a village in the western Netherlands, in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen

Scientist from the Northern Netherlands

Dirk Klop

Dutch army intelligence officer (1906–1939)

Ben van Eysselsteijn

Dutch poet, writer and journalist (1898-1973)

R

René Klomp

Dutch footballer

Anthony van Kampen

Dutch writer (1911-1991)

D

Dirk Spanjaard sr.

Dutch politician (1881-1947)

Jacob van den Ban

Dutch architect (1860–1943)

Theodoor de Booy

Dutch archaeologist (1882-1919)

Toon Mans

Dutch politician

Andries Staalman

Dutch politician, publisher, and social reform advocate

J

Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper

Dutch merchant and politician (1728-1767)

R

Ronald Brouwer

field hockey player

Michael Rudolph Hendrik Calmeyer

Dutch politician (1895–1990)

Stefan Vermaes

Dutch civil engineer, 1839-1902

H

Henk Das

M

Michael Potkamp

Dutch association football player

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Tinte
  2.3 mi away · pop. 245
• Brielle
  2.7 mi away · pop. 13,407
• Vierpolders
  4 mi away · pop. 1,742
• Hook of Holland
  4.5 mi away · pop. 10,212
• Zwartewaal
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,905
• Maasdijk
  5.6 mi away · pop. 4,340
• Heenweg
  5.7 mi away · pop. 690
• Hellevoetsluis
  5.8 mi away · pop. 38,722
• Rozenburg
  5.9 mi away · pop. 12,372
• Maassluis
  6.4 mi away · pop. 32,484
• 's-Gravenzande
  6.6 mi away · pop. 21,130
• Heenvliet
  6.9 mi away · pop. 2,470

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

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-10-02

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Seen 2026-10-02

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

Seen 2026-10-02

Dustbin-lid Jelly

Rhizostoma octopus

Seen 2026-10-02

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-10-02

Great Shearwater

Ardenna gravis

Seen 2026-10-01

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Seen 2026-10-01

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Official Identifiers