Steenwijk

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Steenwijk

Total population

18,930

Coordinates52.79°, 6.12°

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

Overview

Steenwijk is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland. It is the largest town of the municipality.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

P

Petrus Johannes Waardenburg

Dutch ophthalmologist (1886-1979)

J

Joey van den Berg

Dutch footballer

S

Saskia de Jonge

Dutch swimmer

Jonnie Boer

Dutch chef

H

Haralt Lucas

Dutch politician

Albertus van Raalte

founded city of Holland, Michigan (1811-1876)

C

Christian Lucas

Dutch korfball player

Jan van der Molen

Dutch teacher and politician (1867-1939)

G

Gerhardus du Pon

Norwegian painter

J

Jiska Sinnema

Dutch korfball player

Klaas Kleine

Dutch writer (1940-2000)

M

Meine Pit

Dutch politician

G

Geert Bisschop

Dutch politician

A

Albertus François Stroink

Dutch politician (1876-1956)

J

Jaap van Zorge

Dutch politician

G

Geale de Vries

Dutch teacher and radio presenter

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

Nearby places in Overijssel

• Zuidveen
  1 mi away · pop. 575
• Tuk
  1.2 mi away · pop. 1,615
• Onna
  1.6 mi away · pop. 110
• Witte Paarden
  2.2 mi away · pop. 145
• Kallenkote
  2.3 mi away · pop. 290
• Eesveen
  2.6 mi away · pop. 365
• Steenwijkerwold
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,715
• Willemsoord
  3.5 mi away · pop. 865
• Basse
  3.8 mi away · pop. 100
• Giethoorn
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,570
• Paasloo
  4.8 mi away · pop. 380
• Scheerwolde
  5 mi away · pop. 420

Browse all places in Overijssel →

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 Steenwijk

Inventaris van het archief van de Nederlands-Israëlitische Gemeente van Steenwijk 1817-1945

C. Mulder · 1991

"Te laate genodigt of in't geheel vergeten"

Frederik Wilhelm Schmidt · 1994

Het Dumbar handschrift

Dumbar, Gerhard · 1952

Classicale acta 1573-1620

Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk. · 1980

Search results from Open Library.

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