De Bilt
Municipality in Utrecht, Netherlands
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De Bilt (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈbɪlt] ⓘ) is a municipality and town in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. It had a population of 43,384 in 2021. De Bilt houses the headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
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De Bilt | |
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Vollenhoven, De Bilt | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) 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 | 66.12 km2 (25.53 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 43,384 |
| • Density | 656/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | 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 of 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
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- 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
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Michael - De Bilt
Granito Kegels by Carel Lanters, Soestdijkseweg, Bilthoven
Office
Neighborhood Nieuwe Wetering
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