Wijlre

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Wijlre

Total population

2,520

Coordinates50.83°, 5.89°

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

Overview

Wijlre is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.

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

Antoon Coolen

Dutch novelist (1897-1961)

M

Maurice Hamers

Dutch conductor, composer and trumpeter

H

Hub van Laar

Dutch musical instruments maker

T

Theo Smeets

Dutch jewelry designer (born 1964)

Sjef Hensgens

Dutch middle-distance runner (1948–2024)

Wil Roebroeks

Dutch archaeologist (born 1955)

Jean Habets

Dutch bicycle racer

F

Frans Beckers

Dutch politician

K

Kjell Knops

Dutch footballer

Saint Gerlach

Dutch hermit

A

Alex Schillings

Dutch conductor and trumpeter

P

Peter Harings

Dutch bicycle racer and cyclo-cross cyclist

Jean Bessems

Dutch cue sports player

Mark Luijpers

Dutch association football player

Paul Hupperts

Dutch conductor

J

Jan L. J. Lumeij

physician from The Netherlands

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Gulpen
  1.3 mi away · pop. 4,120
• Eys
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,715
• Schin op Geul
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,365
• Partij
  1.9 mi away · pop. 735
• Ransdaal
  2.2 mi away · pop. 972
• Scheulder
  2.3 mi away · pop. 320
• Wahlwiller
  2.4 mi away · pop. 400
• Termaar
  2.6 mi away
• Ubachsberg
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,736
• Mechelen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,850
• Sibbe
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,005
• Klimmen
  3.1 mi away · pop. 3,262

Browse all places in Limburg →

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

Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Seen 2026-10-01

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-10-01

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Seen 2026-10-01

Bukhara Fleeceflower

Fallopia baldschuanica

Seen 2026-10-01

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-10-01

White deadnettle

Lamium album

Seen 2026-10-01

red deadnettle

Lamium purpureum

Seen 2026-10-01

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-10-01

Crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers