Wilnis

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Wilnis

Total population

6,380

Coordinates52.20°, 4.90°

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

Overview

Wilnis is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, between Mijdrecht and Vinkeveen. It is about twenty kilometres south of Amsterdam.

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

L

Lesley de Sa

Dutch footballer

Nicolien Sauerbreij

Dutch snowboarder

Isabelle van Keulen

Dutch violinist

John of Leiden

Anabaptist leader, King of Munster (1509-1536)

Werenfried van Straaten

Dutch priest and activist (1913-2003)

B

Beppie Melissen

Dutch actress (born 1951)

Everhard Spelberg

Dutch radio host (1898–1968)

S

Sander Berk

Dutch triathlete

H

Hélène Heemskerk

Dutch football player

Pieter de Jong

Martien van der Weijden

Dutch politician (1900-1971)

I

Ivo Snijders

Dutch rower

F

Frans Dingemans

Dutch architect, urban designer and urban planner (1905–1961)

P

Peter Zijerveld

Dutch bicycle racer

Taeke Friso de Jong

Dutch sculptor

T

Theo Hoogstraaten

Dutch writer

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

Nearby places in Utrecht

• Amstelhoek
  3.7 mi away · pop. 995
• Nieuwersluis
  4.6 mi away · pop. 475
• Baambrugge
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,370
• Loenen aan de Vecht
  5.3 mi away · pop. 4,390
• Maarssen
  7.2 mi away · pop. 38,560
• Tienhoven
  8 mi away · pop. 1,745
• Oud-Zuilen
  8.6 mi away · pop. 620
• De Meern
  9.8 mi away · pop. 21,316
• Groenekan
  11.8 mi away · pop. 1,870
• Hollandsche Rading
  11.8 mi away · pop. 1,592
• Nieuwegein
  13.5 mi away · pop. 61,869
• Lage Vuursche
  13.7 mi away · pop. 285

Browse all places in Utrecht →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Wilnis

Reglement voor de verveening

Utrecht (Netherlands : Province) · 1863

De heerschappij van de proost van Sint Jan in de middeleeuwen 1085-1594

Frits Doeleman · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

artist's bracket

Ganoderma applanatum

Seen 2026-10-01

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-10-01

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-01

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-01

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-10-01

Tricholomella constricta

Tricholomella constricta

Seen 2026-09-30

Bay Polypore

Picipes badius

Seen 2026-09-29

Deathcap

Amanita phalloides

Seen 2026-09-29

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-29

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

Official Identifiers