De Bilt
De Bilt (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈbɪlt] (
De Bilt | |
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Church in De Bilt | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in Utrecht | |
Coordinates: 52°7′N 5°12′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Utrecht |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sjoerd Potters (VVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 67.13 km2 (25.92 sq mi) |
• Land | 66.30 km2 (25.60 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Population (January 2019)[4] | |
• Total | 42,824 |
• Density | 646/km2 (1,670/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Biltenaar(s) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 3615, 3720–3732, 3737–3739 |
Area code | 030, 0346 |
Website | www |
It is the ancestral home and namesake for the prominent Vanderbilt family of the United States.
Population centres
The municipality of De Bilt consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bilthoven, De Bilt, Groenekan, Hollandsche Rading, Maartensdijk, Westbroek.
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of De Bilt, June 2015
Notable people
- Nicolaas van Nieuwland (1510 in Maartensdijk – 1580) Bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey 1562 to 1569.
- Joan Gideon Loten (1710 in Groenekan – 1789) worked in the Dutch East India Company, the 29th Governor of Zeylan
- The Vanderbilt family, prominent in the USA during the Gilded Age, has its name from the town, meaning 'from De Bilt'.
- Johan Beyen (1897 in Bilthoven – 1976) a politician, helped create the European Economic Community
- Auke Bloembergen (1927 in De Bilt – 2016) a jurist, justice at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands 1979 to 1993
- Els Borst (1932 – 2014 in Bilthoven) a Dutch politician, academic and physician
- Ad Donker (1933 in Bilthoven – 2002) a pioneering publisher of social critical works in South Africa
- Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1939 in Maartensdijk – 2019) a maths professor the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam.
- Madelon Hooykaas (born 1942 in Maartensdijk) a video artist, photographer and film maker
- Madelon Vriesendorp (born 1945 in Bilthoven) an artist, co-founded of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture
- Erik van der Wurff (1945 in De Bilt – 2014) a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor[5]
- Frederik de Groot (born 1946 in Bilthoven) a Dutch actor and TV spokesman for ING Direct Canada[6]
- Thomas von der Dunk (born 1961) a cultural historian, writer and columnist; raised in Bilthoven
- Albert Schram (born 1964 in De Bilt) the Vice Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology
- Bas Haring (born 1968 in De Bilt) a writer of popular science and children's literature and TV presenter
- Jetske van den Elsen (born 1972 in De Bilt) a Dutch female television presenter[7]
Sport
- John Blankenstein (1949 in De Bilt – 2006) a football referee and gay rights activist
- Ingrid van der Elst (born 1955 in Bilthoven) a former sportswoman in cricket and field hockey
- Hans van Breukelen (born 1956) a former football goalkeeper with 511 club caps, grew up in De Bilt
- Martijntje Quik (born 1973 in De Bilt) a former coxswain, silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Joost Broerse (born 1979 in De Bilt) a Dutch former footballer with 448 club caps
- Lisa Westerhof (born 1981 in De Bilt) a sailor, competed at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics
- Thierry Brinkman (born 1995 in Bilthoven) a Dutch field hockey player
Gallery
- Overzicht van de westgevel - De Bilt
- Granito Kegels Carel Lanters SoestdijksewegZuid Bilthoven
- Kantoor
- Buurtschap Nieuwe Wetering
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References
- "Burgemeester S.C.C.M. Potters" (in Dutch). Gemeente De Bilt. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- "Postcodetool for 3721AB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- IMDb Database retrieved 26 October 2019
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- IMDb Database retrieved 26 October 2019
External links
Media related to De Bilt at Wikimedia Commons - Official Website
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