Waddinxveen

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Waddinxveen

Total population

32,015

Land area29.39 km²

Coordinates52.04°, 4.66°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Waddinxveen is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of 30,479 in 2021 and covers an area of 29.40 km2 (11.35 sq mi) of which 1.63 km2 (0.63 sq mi) is water.

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

Joost Luiten

Dutch professional golfer (born 1986)

Arie Slob

Dutch politician

Maarten Nijland

Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist and bicycle racer

Lars Elgersma

Dutch speed skater

M

Maarten Albert Vente

Dutch university professor (1915–1989)

J

Janus Hellemons

cyclist (1912–1999)

Wilco Zeelenberg

Dutch motorcycle racer

M

Michael Zijlaard

Dutch sport cyclist

Angela Visser

Dutch female model

Ronald Hertog

Dutch paralympic athlete

L

Levi Risamasu

Dutch footballer

D

Dolf Kerklaan

Dutch football player

Marcus van Blankenstein

Dutch journalist (1880–1964)

W

Willem Johannes Philippus van Waning

Han Balvert

Dutch criminal (1916-2000)

Lia van Rhijn

Dutch artist (born 1953)

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

Nearby places in South Holland

• Reeuwijk-Dorp
  1.7 mi away
• Boskoop
  2.1 mi away · pop. 15,536
• Gouda
  3.3 mi away · pop. 71,752
• Moerkapelle
  3.4 mi away · pop. 4,400
• Zevenhuizen
  3.9 mi away · pop. 7,090
• Moordrecht
  4 mi away · pop. 8,395
• Gouderak
  4.2 mi away · pop. 2,650
• Bodegraven
  4.9 mi away · pop. 18,187
• Zwammerdam
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,924
• Benthuizen
  5.4 mi away · pop. 3,352
• Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
  5.6 mi away · pop. 21,595
• Bleiswijk
  5.8 mi away · pop. 11,919

Browse all places in South 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

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-10-02

devil's-fingers

Clathrus archeri

Seen 2026-09-30

fluted bird's nest fungus

Cyathus striatus

Seen 2026-09-29

Lined Click Beetle

Agriotes lineatus

Seen 2026-09-29

House Cricket

Acheta domesticus

Seen 2026-09-29

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-29

False Black Widow

Steatoda grossa

Seen 2026-09-29

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus

Seen 2026-09-28

long-stalked gray cup

Helvella macropus

Seen 2026-09-28

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

Official Identifiers