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Groningen

First-level unit, Netherlands: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NLD-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NLD / NLStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
575,195
people (GHSL 2025)
2,941 km²
area
3.2%
of Netherlands
10
units inside

01Kaart

Inside Groningen

The 10 ADM2 units of Groningen.

FIG 1 · 10 units inside Groningen
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Mense · GHSL 2025

575,195

3.2% of Netherlands.

Mense · WorldPop 2025

596,434

+4% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

2,941 km²

196 people per km².

Code

NL-GR

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Laagliggende kussone

354,780

people on land at or below 10 m, 61.7% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

10 units inside Groningen

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Eemsdelta – 50,668 46,638 362.15 140 8.8% 22,443
Groningen – 216,797 239,422 197.51 1,098 37.7% 148,093
Het Hogeland – 52,430 53,056 898.41 58 9.1% 27,761
Midden-Groningen – 58,241 56,454 294.25 198 10.1% 39,478
Oldambt – 45,733 44,769 294.3 155 8% 15,383
Pekela – 5,239 5,007 49.79 105 0.9% 3,924
Stadskanaal – 32,792 30,760 119.5 274 5.7% 31,593
Veendam – 32,359 31,719 78.22 414 5.6% 13,085
Westerkwartier – 57,911 59,193 367.2 158 10.1% 38,073
Westerwolde – 23,025 29,417 279.99 82 4% 13,239
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Hawens
None at this resolution
Lughawens
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Spoorweë
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risiko

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Groningen publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Netherlands.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Bronne

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM1, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM2, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Lande
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.