West-Terschelling

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West-Terschelling

Total population

2,602

Elevation6 m

Coordinates53.36°, 5.22°

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

Overview

West-Terschelling is the largest village on the island Terschelling, Friesland, in the central north of the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017.

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

Willem Barents

Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)

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Cornelis Douwes

Dutch mathematician and astronomer

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Jan Rotgans

painter (1881-1969)

Ton Schroor

Dutch politician

Jacob Rotgans

Dutch physician (1859–1948)

Klaas Hanzen Heeroma

Dutch linguist and university professor (1909-1972)

Gerard Joachimus Eschauzier

(1820-1907)

Hessel van der Kooij

Dutch singer

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Joris Voest

Dutch association football player

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Douwe Tot

lifeboat captain

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Kees Spiering

Dutch writer and poet (born 1958)

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Janneke Theunisdr.

Christa Oosterbaan

Dutch politician

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Klaas de Jong

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Jan H. van der Zee

Dutch painter (1942)

Carel Scheffer

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

Nearby places in Friesland

• Baaiduinen
  2.7 mi away · pop. 106
• Midsland
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,018
• Landerum
  3.8 mi away · pop. 96
• Formerum
  4.2 mi away · pop. 270
• Lies
  5.1 mi away · pop. 145
• Hoorn
  5.7 mi away · pop. 465
• Oosterend
  7.4 mi away · pop. 136
• Oost-Vlieland
  7.7 mi away · pop. 1,133
• Pietersbierum
  14.7 mi away · pop. 140
• Sexbierum
  14.9 mi away · pop. 1,721
• Oosterbierum
  15.1 mi away · pop. 517
• Wijnaldum
  15.3 mi away · pop. 490

Browse all places in Friesland →

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

Plea minutissima

Plea minutissima

Seen 2026-10-01

Harbour Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

Seen 2026-09-30

sea kale

Crambe maritima

Seen 2026-09-27

Lighthouse Gall

Rondaniola bursaria

Seen 2026-09-26

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-26

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-25

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-24

Sun Fly

Helophilus pendulus

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

Seen 2026-09-23

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