| | The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Westbroek in the municipality of De Bilt. | Westbroek (52°9′N 5°8′E) is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt, and lies about 6 km northwest of Bilthoven. Image File history File links Location of De Bilt, from Dutch wikipedia. ...
Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ...
De Bilt is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. ...
Bilthoven is one of six villages in the muncipality of the bilt stituated in the middle of the Netherlands. ...
In 2001, the village of Westbroek had 510 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.12 km2, and contained 178 residences.[1] The statistical area "Westbroek", which also includes the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside and the village of Achttienhoven, has a population of around 1300.[2]
Westbroek consists mainly of a ribbon of farms along a dike. The village is surrounded by a number of polders: the Polder Westbroek, the Kerkeindse Polder, and the Polder Achttienhoven in the north, and the Molenpolder and Polder de Kooi in the south. The Molenpolder is a nature reserve. Satellite image of Noordoostpolder, Netherlands (595. ...
History
Westbroek used to be a separate municipality. It merged into Maartensdijk in 1957, and has been a part of the De Bilt municipality since 2001.
The church dates from 1467.
References - ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of January 1, 2005.
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