- Abbenbroek
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caption = The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Abbenbroek in the municipality of Bernisse.Abbenbroek (coord|51|51|N|4|15|E|type:city(971)) is a village in the Dutch province of
South Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofBernisse , and lies about 6 km west ofSpijkenisse .In 2001, the village of Abbenbroek had 971 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.22 km², and contained 390 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 wider statistical district of Abbenbroek, covering the town and the "
Polder Abbenbroek", has a population of around 1350.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/b/2004-bernisse.htm] .]Until 1980, Abbenbroek was a separate municipality. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/abbenbroek.html Map of the municipality in 1868]
References
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