Derince

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Derince

Total population

140,982

Elevation26 m

Coordinates40.76°, 29.83°

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

Overview

Derince is a seaport, municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 198 km2, and its population is 146,374 (2022). The mayor is Sertif Gökçe (CHP).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Saint Barbara

early Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia (273-306)

M

Maximus Planudes

Byzantine anthologist, translator

Juliana of Nicomedia

Anatolian saint

İbrahim Üzülmez

Turkish association football player (born 1974)

Pantaleon

Christian martyr and saint (c.275-305)

Kyriaki

Greek saint

Nicarete

Byzantine saint

Anthimus of Nicomedia

bishop of Nicomedia

M

Menodotus of Nicomedia

ancient Greek physician

S

Saoterus

Emperor Commodus's palace chamberlain (died 182)

Natalia of Nicomedia

Christian martyr and the wife of St. Adrian of Nicomedia

Donatus of Arezzo

Bishop of Arezzo

M

Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl

Turkish association football player (born 1987)

N

Nuri Çolak

Turkish association football player (born 1975)

F

Fabius

Christian martyred 305 in Cures Sabini

Ali Demirboğa

Turkish figure skater (born 1990)

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

Nearby places in Kocaeli

• Körfez
  2.5 mi away
• Çayırova
  24.1 mi away
• Boč
  1043.1 mi away · pop. 76
• Citice
  1053.3 mi away · pop. 713
• Slapany
  1057.6 mi away
• M'Zaret Boumendjel
  1205.7 mi away
• Merahna
  1210.5 mi away · pop. 13,319
• Ouled Driss
  1213.2 mi away · pop. 11,303
• Mechtat Dardoura
  1216.9 mi away
• Taoura
  1217.2 mi away · pop. 18,933
• Souk Ahras
  1218.8 mi away · pop. 155,259
• Ain Tamatmat
  1221.7 mi away

Browse all places in Kocaeli →

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 Derince

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-20

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus semilimbatus

Seen 2026-09-15

Small Heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Seen 2026-09-12

Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

Seen 2026-09-12

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-09-12

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-12

Blue Argus

Aricia anteros

Seen 2026-09-12

Southern White Admiral

Limenitis reducta

Seen 2026-09-12

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Seen 2026-09-12

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