- Westbroek
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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Westbroek in the municipality of De Bilt.Westbroek (coord|52|9|N|5|8|E|type:city(510)) 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 ofBilthoven .In 2001, the village of Westbroek had 510 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.12 km², and contained 178 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.] 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.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]Westbroek consists mainly of a ribbon of farms along a dike. The village is surrounded by a number of
polder s: 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.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
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ut/westbroek.html Map of Westbroek in 1868]
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