Rijsoord

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Rijsoord

Total population

2,995

Coordinates51.85°, 4.59°

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

Overview

Rijsoord is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km southeast of the city of Rotterdam, in the municipality of Ridderkerk.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Zara Whites

Dutch pornographic actress and political activist

Leen Barth

Dutch footballer

N

Nijs Korevaar

Dutch water polo player (1927–2016)

Arina Hugenholtz

Dutch painter (1848-1934)

Stoffel Muller

Hessel Visser

Dutch logistics expert, author, lecturer ans business engineer

Ad Zuiderent

Dutch poet and literary critic

J

Jan Hordijk

Dutch bicycle racer and track cyclist

E

Eibert Tigchelaar

Dutch biblical scholar

Matthijs Balen

Dutch painter (1684-1766)

Elyakim Vega

P

Pieter van der Leeuw

Dutch Golden Age painter (1647-1679)

S

Simon Germyn

Dutch painter (1656-1709)

Thieleman J. van Braght

Dutch writer

Tibout Regters

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1710-1768)

W

Wilhelmus Beurs

painter (1656-1700)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  1.8 mi away · pop. 29,730
• Heerjansdam
  1.8 mi away · pop. 3,790
• Oostendam
  1.9 mi away · pop. 605
• Barendrecht
  2.5 mi away · pop. 48,344
• Bolnes
  2.8 mi away · pop. 7,740
• Kinderdijk
  3.1 mi away · pop. 811
• Zwijndrecht
  3.1 mi away · pop. 40,635
• Alblasserdam
  3.2 mi away · pop. 20,005
• Puttershoek
  3.4 mi away · pop. 6,910
• Krimpen aan de Lek
  3.6 mi away · pop. 6,580
• Dordrecht
  4.1 mi away · pop. 122,070
• Nieuw-Lekkerland
  4.3 mi away · pop. 8,464

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

Poplar Grey

Acronicta megacephala

Seen 2026-10-02

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-10-01

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-10-01

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-10-01

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-10-01

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-10-01

Gadwall

Mareca strepera

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-10-01

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers