Zuid-Scharwoude

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Zuid-Scharwoude

Total population

6,085

Coordinates52.69°, 4.81°

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

Overview

Zuid-Scharwoude is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Dijk en Waard, about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar.

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

Jan van Scorel

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1495–1562)

Steven Rooks

road bicycle racer

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Han Pieck

Dutch drawer (1923-2010)

Nicolette Bruining

Dutch theologian (1886–1963)

D

Dieuwke Kollewijn

Dutch painter (1918-2015)

H

Han Meijer

Dutch politician

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Klaas Kloosterboer

Dutch artist (born 1959)

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Karla Wenckebach

Dutch stained-glass artist and painter (1923-2017)

S

Sylvia Nicolas

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Piet Stenneberg

Dutch artist (1902–1972)

Benjamin Royaards

Martina Wegman

Dutch slalom canoeist (born 1989)

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Robert Zwijnenberg

university teacher at Leiden University (born 1954)

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Isabel Grevelt

Dutch speed skater

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Maartje Keuning

Dutch water polo player (1998-)

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Yusuf Barası

Turkish association football player (born 2003)

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• Noord-Scharwoude
  0.8 mi away · pop. 5,470
• Broek op Langedijk
  1.2 mi away · pop. 5,770
• Oudkarspel
  1.6 mi away · pop. 3,995
• Heerhugowaard
  2.2 mi away · pop. 54,950
• Waarland
  2.6 mi away · pop. 2,530
• Sint Pancras
  3 mi away · pop. 6,040
• Oude-Niedorp
  3.3 mi away · pop. 415
• Zijdewind
  3.8 mi away · pop. 385
• Warmenhuizen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 6,100
• 't Veld
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,045
• Hensbroek
  3.9 mi away · pop. 1,355
• Oterleek
  3.9 mi away · pop. 635

Browse all places in North 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

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-10-02

Common Tachinid

Tachina fera

Seen 2026-10-01

Long-winged Conehead

Conocephalus fuscus

Seen 2026-10-01

Poor Man's Licorice

Bulgaria inquinans

Seen 2026-10-01

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-01

club-like tuning fork

Calocera cornea

Seen 2026-10-01

Tawny Grisette

Amanita fulva

Seen 2026-10-01

Upright Coral Fungus

Ramaria stricta

Seen 2026-10-01

Rosy Bonnet

Mycena rosea

Seen 2026-10-01

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

Official Identifiers