Valkenswaard

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Valkenswaard

Total population

20,342

Coordinates51.35°, 5.46°

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

Overview

Valkenswaard is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of 31,221 in 2021, with an area of 56.50 km2 (21.81 sq mi) of which 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) is water.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Tommie van der Leegte

Dutch footballer

Henk van Gerven

Dutch former politician

Arnol Kox

Dutch street preacher (1952–2020)

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August Franciscus Cornelis Maria Raupp

Dutch politician (1858-1945)

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Godefridus Raupp

Dutch politician (1857-1932)

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Rogier van der Sande

Dutch politician

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Jan van den Dobbelsteen

Dutch artist (1954)

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Maria Hees

Dutch jewelry designer (born 1948)

Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld

Dutch historian

Rein van Duivenboden

Dutch singer and actor

Noortje Tabak

road cyclist from the Netherlands

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Nynke Tynagel

Dutch designer (born 1977)

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Alexander van Hattem

Dutch politician (born 1983)

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Henri Jacobs

Dutch artist (born 1957)

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Jos van der Paalen

Dutch painter

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Dana Sprengers

Dutch cyclist

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

Nearby places in North Brabant

• Waalre
  2.6 mi away · pop. 6,690
• Leenderstrijp
  3.8 mi away · pop. 480
• Knegsel
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,325
• Weebosch
  7.7 mi away · pop. 691
• Budel-Schoot
  8.3 mi away · pop. 2,092
• Wintelre
  8.3 mi away · pop. 1,910
• Budel-Dorplein
  9.4 mi away · pop. 1,427
• Casteren
  10.1 mi away · pop. 1,075
• Nederwetten
  10.2 mi away · pop. 850
• Someren-Heide
  10.2 mi away · pop. 1,380
• Gerwen
  10.6 mi away · pop. 2,080
• Someren
  11.2 mi away · pop. 11,980

Browse all places in North Brabant →

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 Valkenswaard

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-23

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-23

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-23

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-23

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-22

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-20

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-09-19

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

Official Identifiers