Wijchen

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Wijchen

Total population

33,800

Coordinates51.81°, 5.73°

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

Overview

Wijchen is a municipality and a collection of towns in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Bram Nuytinck

Dutch footballer

Frans Thijssen

Dutch association football manager and former player

P

Petrus van den Heuij

Dutch politician (1881-1915)

Marcel Bullinga

Dutch writer (1958–2019)

S

Stijn de Looijer

football player from the Netherlands

E

Erik van der Ven

Dutch football player

M

Martinus Oliemeulen

Dutch politician (1877-1907)

D

Djarmelza van Putten

Dutch football player

René Danen

Dutch politician

Adaro

Dutch disc jockey

F

Frans van Dooren

Poet and writer (1934–2005)

Johannes Josephus Brands

Thijs Hendriks

Dutch footballer

J

Jan Klabbers

Dutch legal scholar

Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit

Dutch poet and academic (1903–1986)

A

André van Duren

Dutch screenwriter

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

Nearby places in Gelderland

• Leur
  1.6 mi away · pop. 125
• Nederasselt
  2.5 mi away · pop. 785
• Niftrik
  2.5 mi away · pop. 415
• Hernen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 895
• Winssen
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,958
• Malden
  5.8 mi away · pop. 11,625
• Slijk-Ewijk
  6.2 mi away · pop. 484
• Deest
  6.2 mi away · pop. 1,750
• Afferden
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,670
• Andelst
  6.9 mi away · pop. 1,632
• Herveld
  6.9 mi away
• Altforst
  7.5 mi away · pop. 533

Browse all places in Gelderland →

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

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-10-01

Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

Seen 2026-10-01

Rusty Dot Pearl

Udea ferrugalis

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Globetail

Sphaerophoria scripta

Seen 2026-09-30

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-30

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-30

European Crane Fly

Tipula paludosa

Seen 2026-09-30

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-30

Eurasian Green Crab Spider

Diaea dorsata

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Official Identifiers