Veldhoven

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Veldhoven

Total population

44,724

Elevation22 m

Land area31.92 km²

Coordinates51.42°, 5.40°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Veldhoven is a municipality and town on the Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven, in the province of North Brabant.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

J

Jan Baptist Verrijt

Dutch composer

Petrus Panken

Dutch teacher (1819–1904)

John Baselmans

Dutch artist (born 1954)

Bertus Borgers

Dutch musician

W

Willy Senders

Dutch football player (1941-2001)

Harrie van der Zanden

Dutch teacher and politician (1894-1964)

A

Albertus van Hooff

Dutch politician (1891-1951)

J

Jurgen Hendriks

Dutch football player

Geert Jan Jansen

Dutch painter, art dealer and art forger

J

Jan van den Dobbelsteen

Dutch artist (1954)

Wil van der Aalst

Dutch computer scientist and professor

José de Haas

Dutch Catholic bishop

D

Dick Slebos

Dutch architect (1923-2001)

Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld

Dutch historian

Rein van Duivenboden

Dutch singer and actor

J

Jan Franco

physician, mathematician and astronomer who compiled almanacs

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

Nearby places in North Brabant

• Knegsel
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,325
• Waalre
  2.9 mi away · pop. 6,690
• Wintelre
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,910
• Oostelbeers
  6.9 mi away · pop. 1,661
• Nederwetten
  7.2 mi away · pop. 850
• Casteren
  7.3 mi away · pop. 1,075
• Loo
  8.3 mi away · pop. 1,285
• Leenderstrijp
  8.4 mi away · pop. 480
• Gerwen
  8.4 mi away · pop. 2,080
• Netersel
  8.5 mi away · pop. 944
• Borkel
  8.5 mi away · pop. 760
• Schaft
  8.7 mi away · pop. 295

Browse all places in North Brabant →

Recently spotted species

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-02

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-10-02

Domestic Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus

Seen 2026-09-29

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-28

The Prince

Agaricus augustus

Seen 2026-09-27

Hoof Fungus

Fomes fomentarius

Seen 2026-09-27

European Nursery Web spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Seen 2026-09-27

Urchin Earthfan

Thelephora penicillata

Seen 2026-09-27

Pestle Puffball

Lycoperdon excipuliforme

Seen 2026-09-27

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

Official Identifiers