Stadskanaal

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Stadskanaal

Total population

19,404

Coordinates52.99°, 6.96°

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

Overview

Stadskanaal is a town and municipality in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal which literally means "City Canal" and it is a linear village. In the Gronings dialect the town is called "Knoal" and the locals are called "Knoalsters".

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Edwin van Calker

Dutch bobsledder

Sylvia Smit

Dutch association footballer

Henk Wijngaard

Dutch singer

Cornelis Dopper

Dutch composer and conductor (1870-1939)

Izaak Reijnders

Dutch military officer (1879–1966)

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Wobbe Alkema

Dutch painter (1900-1984)

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Lupko Ellen

Dutch writer and poet

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Arjan Blaauw

Dutch football player

Gertie Evenhuis

Dutch writer (1927–2005)

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Henk Bos

Dutch football player (born 1992)

Klaas Prummel

Dutch architect (1884-1970)

Fokke Jagersma

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Arnold van Calker

Dutch bobsledder

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Harry Roossien

Dutch resistance fighter (1916-2001)

Herman Poort

Dutch poet (1886-1933)

Jan Blaauw

Dutch police officer (1928–2020)

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

Nearby places in Groningen

• Boven Pekela
  3.1 mi away · pop. 555
• Mussel
  4 mi away · pop. 1,565
• Alteveer
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,154
• Musselkanaal
  5 mi away · pop. 7,237
• Jipsingboertange
  6.2 mi away · pop. 170
• Ter Apelkanaal
  6.8 mi away · pop. 660
• Ommelanderwijk
  7 mi away · pop. 1,055
• Zuidwending
  7.2 mi away · pop. 410
• Wedderveer
  7.8 mi away · pop. 135
• Jipsinghuizen
  8 mi away
• Veelerveen
  8.1 mi away · pop. 720
• Sellingen
  8.5 mi away · pop. 1,850

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.

Books about Stadskanaal

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers