Pijnacker

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Pijnacker

Total population

24,260

Coordinates52.02°, 4.43°

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

Overview

Pijnacker is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is bordered by Zoetermeer to the north, by Nootdorp to the northwest, by Delfgauw to the southwest, by Rotterdam to the south and by Berkel en Rodenrijs to the east.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer

Dutch mathematician and logician (1881–1966)

B

Bart Schenkeveld

Dutch footballer

Adriaen van de Venne

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1589-1662)

Ben van der Burg

speed skater

Louis Bolk

Dutch anatomist (1866-1930)

Nicolaas Cornelis Fremery

Dutch chemist, pharmacologist and zoologist

S

Sietse Rienksma

T

Tim Hinterding

Dutch painter (born 1952)

Hubert Kornelisz. Poot

Dutch poet (1689-1733)

L

Louise Frederike Wijnaendts

Dutch feminist (1845-1890)

Arie Rip

Dutch academic

René van Nie

Dutch film director (1939–2017)

Daniëlle van Rossem

Dutch fencer

Johannes van der Meer

Dutch painter

P

Pieter Moree

Dutch mathematician

Johannes Hendrikus Scholten

Dutch painter (1904-1981)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Delfgauw
  1.8 mi away · pop. 9,240
• Nootdorp
  2.3 mi away · pop. 19,160
• Berkel en Rodenrijs
  2.6 mi away · pop. 30,048
• Delft
  3.3 mi away · pop. 101,386
• Bergschenhoek
  3.6 mi away · pop. 18,075
• Zoetermeer
  3.8 mi away · pop. 124,780
• Bleiswijk
  4.2 mi away · pop. 11,919
• Voorburg
  4.8 mi away · pop. 45,945
• Rijswijk
  5.2 mi away · pop. 51,027
• Stompwijk
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,315
• Schipluiden
  5.8 mi away · pop. 4,533
• Benthuizen
  6 mi away · pop. 3,352

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

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-10-02

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Seen 2026-10-02

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-10-02

Domestic Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata domestica

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

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-10-01

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers