Overveen

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Overveen

Total population

4,195

Land area4.22 km²

Coordinates52.39°, 4.61°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Overveen is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal. Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of Haarlem. A few kilometres to the west of the town lies the Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal, where many Second World War victims have been reburied, including resistance fighter Hannie Schaft, sculptor and resistance leader Gerrit van der Veen, banker and resistance member Walraven van Hall, Physician and former Wehrmacht officer Karl Gröger, and sculptor and resistance member Johan Limpers. The town is connected to rail service by the Overveen railway station which opened in 1881 on the Haarlem to Zandvoort railway line.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Stella Maessen

Dutch-Belgian singer

Jan Lammers

Dutch racing driver

Bert Jacobs

Dutch footballer and manager (1941-1999)

E

Ernst van’t Hoff

Dutch pianist (1908-1955)

Roy Schuiten

Dutch racing cyclist (1950–2006)

Dingetje

Dutch singer

L

Loes Schutte

Dutch rower

H

Harriet van Ettekoven

Dutch rower

F

Fons Burger

Dutch journalist

Martijn Beekman

Dutch photographer

Ludwig Otten

Dutch composer (1924–2016)

Shirley Zwerus

Dutch singer and pianist

W

Wim Gertenbach

Bubb Kuyper

Dutch teacher and antiquarian seller

J

Jan Vriend

Dutch pianist and composer (born 1938)

Chris Elffers

Dutch sculptor (1926–2018)

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• Bloemendaal
  0.8 mi away · pop. 6,665
• Haarlem
  1.2 mi away · pop. 158,593
• Santpoort-Zuid
  1.9 mi away · pop. 3,276
• Aerdenhout
  2.3 mi away · pop. 4,610
• Bentveld
  2.6 mi away · pop. 985
• Heemstede
  2.8 mi away · pop. 26,936
• Santpoort-Noord
  3 mi away · pop. 7,131
• Haarlemmerliede
  3.2 mi away · pop. 332
• Spaarndam
  3.3 mi away · pop. 3,260
• Velserbroek
  3.3 mi away · pop. 15,605
• Zandvoort
  3.7 mi away · pop. 15,900
• Driehuis
  4 mi away · pop. 3,030

Browse all places in North 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

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-09-23

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-23

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-23

rooting shank

Oudemansiella radicata

Seen 2026-09-23

Skullcap Dapperling

Leucocoprinus brebissonii

Seen 2026-09-23

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-23

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-09-22

marsh grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia palustris

Seen 2026-09-22

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Seen 2026-09-22

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