Abbenbroek | |
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Village | |
 Coat of arms | |
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 The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Abbenbroek in the former municipality of Bernisse. | |
| Coordinates: 51°50′55″N 4°14′34″E / 51.84861°N 4.24278°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | Nissewaard |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,349 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Abbenbroek is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 6 km west of Spijkenisse.
In 2001, the village of Abbenbroek had 971 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.22 km², and contained 390 residences.[1] The wider statistical district of Abbenbroek, covering the town and the "Polder Abbenbroek", has a population of around 1350.[2]
Until 1980, Abbenbroek was a separate municipality, when it became part of Bernisse.[3]
The municipal coat of arms is attested in the Beyeren Armorial (c. 1405, fol. 39v). It shows a pair of breeches, reflecting the popular interpretation of the element broek (properly "brook, marshland").[4]
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1] Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse [2][permanent dead link].
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ Willem Albert Bachiene, Beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden (1773), p. 732. Bernard Homer Dixon, Surnames (1857), p.11.