Venhuizen

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Venhuizen

Total population

4,351

Coordinates52.66°, 5.20°

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

Overview

Venhuizen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland. Venhuizen was a separate municipality until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the existing municipality of Drechterland. It was decided to call the new municipality Drechterland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Michael Petrus Arnoldus Meissen

politician (1906-1986)

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Santino Verbeek

Dutch kickboxer

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Isa Dekker

Dutch association football player

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Max de Waal

Dutch association football player

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Helenus Johannes Boldingh

naval officer

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Johan Gerard Sinia

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Jacoba Maria de Bordes Van Loenen Martinet

person

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Anna Adriana Petronella van Lelyveld van der Meulen

editor (1863-1944)

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Gert-Jan Scholten

photographer

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Piet Veltman

Dutch photographer

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J. Osinga

photographer (1915–2003)

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Pieter Beets

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Jesse de Rooij

Dutch cyclist

Anna Ruychaver

daughter of the mayor of Haarlem; wife of Hans van Loon (1573-1649)

S10

Dutch singer and rapper

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Cornelius Vijn

Dutch trader who was taken by the Zulu to serve as an advisor during the Anglo-Zulu War

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• Hem
  0.7 mi away · pop. 1,483
• Oosterleek
  1.7 mi away · pop. 104
• Hoogkarspel
  2.4 mi away · pop. 7,954
• Lutjebroek
  2.5 mi away · pop. 2,186
• Wijdenes
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,370
• Grootebroek
  2.6 mi away · pop. 9,221
• Bovenkarspel
  3.3 mi away · pop. 10,256
• Westwoud
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,802
• Oosterblokker
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,495
• Schellinkhout
  3.8 mi away · pop. 824
• Zwaagdijk-Oost
  4 mi away · pop. 1,154
• Blokker
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,810

Browse all places in North Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Domestic Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata domestica

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-23

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-09-23

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-23

Silver-sided Sector Spider

Zygiella x-notata

Seen 2026-09-22

European Crane Fly

Tipula paludosa

Seen 2026-09-22

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-09-22

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-22

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

Official Identifiers