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Breukelen is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of lakes and great natural beauty. During the 17th century a number of Amsterdam merchant families built opulent mansions along the river near Breukelen. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Democrats 66 (in Dutch: Democraten 66, D66, official name: Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a Dutch progressive-liberal and radical-democratic political party. ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... Utrecht ( (help· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... Satellite image of the surroundings of Utrecht showing river Vecht (c) and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal (g). ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - up to 2. ...

There is a large Van der Valk (Hotel Breukelen) hotel, the façade of which is in the Chinese style. Universiteit Nyenrode is located in Breukelen. The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... Universiteit Nyenrode is Hollands leading business school and only private university. ...

The borough of Brooklyn, New York in the United States, is named after Breukelen (see History of Brooklyn). For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ...

Population centres

The municipality of Breukelen consists of the following villages: Breukelen, Kockengen, and Nieuwer Ter Aa. Kockengen () is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht (province). ... Nieuwer-Ter-Aa () is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht (province). ...

References

• Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

See also

The famous Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer was born in Breukelen. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Rutger Oelsen Hauer (IPA: [rʏtxɛr ulsɛn hʌuɛr]) (born in Breukelen, January 23, 1944) is a Dutch film actor. ...

External links

• A map of Breukelen
• A map of the entire municipality