Veendam

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Veendam

Total population

19,920

Coordinates53.10°, 6.87°

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

Overview

Veendam is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam is also known as Parkstad. It is located on the N33 national highway which runs from Eemshaven to Assen.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Marianne Timmer

Dutch speed skater

J

Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff

Dutch politician and farmer

Frits Schür

Dutch cyclist

K

Koert Thalén

Dutch association football player

Maaike Vos

Dutch speed skater

G

Geert Westers

N

Niels Post

Dutch artist (born 1972)

M

Meint Veninga

S

San Glaser

Dutch singer

Mees Toxopeus

Addeke Hendrik Boerma

Dutch economist (1912–1992)

J

Jurjen Geert Pinkster

A

Anko Scholtens

J

Jan Koolhof

C

Carel Kral

Dutch photographer (1917–1995)

U

Uko Walles

Dutch farmer

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

Nearby places in Groningen

• Ommelanderwijk
  1.9 mi away · pop. 1,055
• Borgercompagnie
  2 mi away · pop. 470
• Zuidwending
  2.7 mi away · pop. 410
• Tripscompagnie
  3.1 mi away · pop. 115
• Kiel-Windeweer
  4.3 mi away · pop. 867
• Kleinemeer
  5.1 mi away
• Boven Pekela
  5.5 mi away · pop. 555
• Westerlee
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,480
• Alteveer
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,154
• Heiligerlee
  6.8 mi away · pop. 1,435
• Kropswolde
  6.8 mi away · pop. 1,575
• Froombosch
  7.3 mi away · pop. 825

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 Veendam

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-03

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-30

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Seen 2026-09-30

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-30

Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla

Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla

Seen 2026-09-30

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Seen 2026-09-30

Eurasian Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-09-30

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Seen 2026-09-30

common silverweed

Argentina anserina

Seen 2026-09-27

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

Official Identifiers