Opende

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Opende

Total population

2,365

Land area2.66 km²

Coordinates53.17°, 6.20°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Opende is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Westerkwartier. It had a population of around 2,635 in 2023.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Alyda Norbruis

Dutch bicycle racer

H

Hendrik Kloosterman

Dutch mathematician (1900-1968)

Jan Roos

Dutch singer (1896-1979)

Renze de Vries

M

Margriet Zwanenburg

Dutch swimmer

Yme Drost

S

Saco Rienk DeBoer

American landscape architect

J

Jelle Wagenaar

Dutch footballer

G

Grietje Mulder

Dutch speed skater

Lieuwe de Boer

Dutch speed skater

L

L. F. van Wageningen

Dutch and South-African writer

A

Anje Lok

G

Gerben van Manen

Dutch architect

H

Harm de Wilde

Dutch composer

Ike Nienhuis

Dutch speed skater (1921-2001)

J

Jan Tjerk Oreel

Dutch cyclist

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

Nearby places in Groningen

• Kornhorn
  1.9 mi away · pop. 500
• Noordwijk
  2.5 mi away · pop. 448
• Doezum
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,090
• Marum
  3.4 mi away · pop. 5,750
• Grootegast
  4.1 mi away · pop. 3,640
• Nuis
  4.5 mi away · pop. 747
• De Wilp
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,670
• Lutjegast
  4.9 mi away · pop. 1,125
• Niebert
  5.4 mi away · pop. 663
• Boerakker
  5.5 mi away · pop. 658
• Sebaldeburen
  5.5 mi away · pop. 590
• Visvliet
  6.7 mi away · pop. 295

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.

Recently spotted species

Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale

Seen 2026-10-01

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-30

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-30

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-30

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-30

common chickweed

Stellaria media

Seen 2026-09-30

hen of the woods

Grifola frondosa

Seen 2026-09-30

blusher

Amanita rubescens

Seen 2026-09-30

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-30

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