Stein

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Stein

Total population

10,765

Coordinates50.97°, 5.77°

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

Overview

Stein is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 24,875 in 2021 and covers an area of 22.80 km2 (8.80 sq mi) of which 1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi) is water.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Margaretha von der Mark

ruling countess of Arenberg (1527-1599)

Maria van der Hoeven

Dutch politician

Erik Meijer

Dutch footballer

Ferdinand Gobert von Aspremont-Lynden

Jef Lahaye

Dutch bicycle racer (1932–1990)

G

Godfried Pieters

Dutch sculptor (born 1936)

Charles Eyck

Dutch painter and sculptor (1897-1983)

Angel-Eye

Dutch singer, record producer, composer and pianist

H

Henk Temmink

Dutch chess player

Harry Steevens

Dutch cyclist

P

Paul Meulenberg

Dutch association football player

J

Johan Gerets

Belgian association football player

Bas Galis

Dutch painter (1890-1981)

M

Mat Bours

Dutch football player

Hubert Levigne

Dutch artist and graphic designer (1905-1989)

H

Harry Koolen

Dutch painter (1904-1985)

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Meers
  1.2 mi away · pop. 880
• Elsloo
  1.3 mi away · pop. 7,200
• Catsop
  2 mi away · pop. 530
• Berg aan de Maas
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,970
• Beek
  2.4 mi away · pop. 8,456
• Geleen
  2.6 mi away · pop. 31,970
• Geverik
  3 mi away · pop. 395
• Geulle aan de Maas
  3.1 mi away · pop. 220
• Geulle
  3.2 mi away · pop. 2,930
• Moorveld
  3.4 mi away · pop. 500
• Einighausen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,279
• Sweikhuizen
  3.6 mi away · pop. 689

Browse all places in Limburg →

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 Stein

Limburger lyrics

Kurt M. Stein · 1932

Linearbandkeramik aus Elsloo und Stein

P. J. R. Modderman · 1970

Four Linearbandkeramik settlements and their environment

C. C. Bakels · 1978

Forschungsberichte über Postgeschichte und Philatelie im ehemaligen Herzogthum Nassau

1978

Wenn die Mondsichel lacht

Freddy Derwahl · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-01

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-10-01

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-01

Rhododendron Leafhopper

Graphocephala fennahi

Seen 2026-09-30

Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Seen 2026-09-30

Water Chickweed

Stellaria aquatica

Seen 2026-09-29

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-29

Pediastrum duplex

Pediastrum duplex

Seen 2026-09-28

carpenter's rule diatom

Bacillaria paxillifera

Seen 2026-09-28

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