Volkel

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Volkel

Total population

3,410

Coordinates51.64°, 5.66°

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

Overview

Volkel is a village in the Netherlands. It is situated in the north-east corner of the province of North Brabant, south-east of the town of Uden. On 1 January 2021, Volkel had 3,435 inhabitants. It used to be part of the municipality of Uden, before being merged into the municipality of Maashorst in 2022.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Anky van Grunsven

Dutch equestrian

H

Hendrik Herp

Belgian theologian

W

Wim van Cuijk

Dutch football player

G

Guus Bierings

Dutch cyclist

M

Marco Kamphuis

Dutch writer

P

Petrus Verhoeven

Dutch sculptor (1729-1816)

Ursie Lambrechts

Dutch politician (1955-2024)

T

Theo the King

Dutch singer (1944-2008)

J

Jos van Beek

Dutch painter

M

Marc Koot

Dutch football player

Tanja de Jonge

Dutch writer

Cees van der Velden

G

Gerson Oratmangoen

Dutch television actor and film actor

J

Joep van Geelkerken

Dutch association football player

H

Henri van Dijk

Dutch physician

Petrus van den Heuvel

Dutch politician

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

Nearby places in North Brabant

• Odiliapeel
  2 mi away · pop. 1,970
• Mariaheide
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,485
• Vorstenbosch
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,335
• Langenboom
  5 mi away · pop. 2,195
• Handel
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,814
• Wilbertoord
  5.1 mi away · pop. 1,065
• Boerdonk
  6 mi away · pop. 750
• Zijtaart
  6 mi away · pop. 1,595
• Landhorst
  6 mi away · pop. 712
• Elsendorp
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,105
• Loosbroek
  6.7 mi away · pop. 960
• Sint Hubert
  7 mi away · pop. 1,420

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.

Recently spotted species

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-09-30

Beefsteak Polypore

Fistulina hepatica

Seen 2026-09-28

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-27

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-27

Spectacular Rustgill

Gymnopilus junonius

Seen 2026-09-27

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-27

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-26

Brown Roll-Rim

Paxillus involutus

Seen 2026-09-25

European Dyer's Polypore

Phaeolus schweinitzii

Seen 2026-09-24

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