Vinkeveen

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Vinkeveen

Total population

8,655

Land area0.96 km²

Coordinates52.22°, 4.93°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vinkeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, and lies about 18 km south of Amsterdam.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

L

Lesley de Sa

Dutch footballer

Johannes Voorhout

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1647-1717)

Eva Lubbers

Dutch athlete

Nicolien Sauerbreij

Dutch snowboarder

Isabelle van Keulen

Dutch violinist

Piet Steenkamp

Dutch politician and university professor (1925-2016)

Dick Voorn

Dutch football coach (born 1948)

Werenfried van Straaten

Dutch priest and activist (1913-2003)

B

Beppie Melissen

Dutch actress (born 1951)

Angela Schijf

Dutch actor (born 1979)

M

Michael Boddeke

Dutch politician

Gerrit Simons

politician (1802-1868)

I

Ivo Snijders

Dutch rower

M

Martien van Zuijlen

Dutch mathematician

Lars Veldwijk

Dutch / South African association football player

T

Theo Hoogstraaten

Dutch writer

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

Nearby places in Utrecht

• Baambrugge
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,370
• Nieuwersluis
  3.3 mi away · pop. 475
• Loenen aan de Vecht
  3.7 mi away · pop. 4,390
• Amstelhoek
  4.4 mi away · pop. 995
• Maarssen
  6.9 mi away · pop. 38,560
• Tienhoven
  7 mi away · pop. 1,745
• Oud-Zuilen
  8.3 mi away · pop. 620
• De Meern
  10.2 mi away · pop. 21,316
• Hollandsche Rading
  10.6 mi away · pop. 1,592
• Groenekan
  11.2 mi away · pop. 1,870
• Lage Vuursche
  12.4 mi away · pop. 285
• Nieuwegein
  13.9 mi away · pop. 61,869

Browse all places in Utrecht →

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

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-10-01

artist's bracket

Ganoderma applanatum

Seen 2026-10-01

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-10-01

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-01

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-01

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-10-01

Wrinkled Snail

Xeroplexa intersecta

Seen 2026-09-30

Tricholomella constricta

Tricholomella constricta

Seen 2026-09-30

Pluteus podospileus

Pluteus podospileus

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Official Identifiers