Benschop

Benschop

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Benschop (coord|52|0|N|4|59|E|type:city(1968)) is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 4 km west of IJsselstein. Benschop is an extremely long village: apart from a relatively compact town centre, it consists of a long ribbon (over 8 km long) of houses (mainly farms) on both sides of the Benschopsche Wetering.

In 2001, the town centre of Benschop had 1968 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.3 km², and contained 683 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 district of Benschop, which covers the entire former municipality, has a population of about 3530, and an area of about 23 km².Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Lopik" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/l/2004-lopik.htm] .]

Until 1989, Benschop was a separate municipality.

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External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ut/benschop.html Map of Benschop in 1868]


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