's-Gravendeel

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's-Gravendeel

Total population

8,747

Founded

1593

Elevation3 m

Coordinates51.78°, 4.62°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

's-Gravendeel is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. 's-Gravendeel is on the eastern side of Hoeksche Waard Island on the river Dordtsche Kil. It is connected to Dordrecht by means of the Kil Tunnel.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Zara Whites

Dutch pornographic actress and political activist

Anton Corbijn

Dutch film director, video director and photographer (born 1955)

Leen Barth

Dutch footballer

N

Nijs Korevaar

Dutch water polo player (1927–2016)

Suze Groeneweg

Dutch politician (1875-1940)

Willem Merkelbach

Dutch politician (1837-1911)

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

André de Korver

Dutch cyclist (1915–1990)

Rozemarijn Moggré

Dutch news presenter

J

Jan Hordijk

Dutch bicycle racer and track cyclist

Paulus Bosveld

E

Eibert Tigchelaar

Dutch biblical scholar

Gerardus Kuypers

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Mookhoek
  2.2 mi away · pop. 457
• Zwijndrecht
  2.6 mi away · pop. 40,635
• Maasdam
  2.7 mi away · pop. 3,274
• Puttershoek
  2.8 mi away · pop. 6,910
• Dordrecht
  3.1 mi away · pop. 122,070
• Strijen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 7,861
• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  4.4 mi away · pop. 29,730
• Heerjansdam
  4.5 mi away · pop. 3,790
• Strijensas
  4.8 mi away · pop. 476
• Papendrecht
  4.9 mi away · pop. 32,295
• Oostendam
  5 mi away · pop. 605
• Rijsoord
  5 mi away · pop. 2,995

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