Kuinre (Low Saxon: De Kuunder) is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

After completion of the Noordoostpolder Kuinre became landlocked; companies, shops, and fishermen went out of business.

Kuinre is a village which developed at the mouth of the Tjonger [nl] and the Linde.

Around 1165, a castle was built about one kilometre south of the settlement by the Prince-bishop of Utrecht.

[6] The Afsluitdijk, closure dike which turned the Zuiderzee into a lake, resulted in an economic decline.