Breukelen Breukelen

Breukelen - Definition and Overview

Breukelen

Location municipality Breukelen

Country Netherlands
Province Utrecht
Area
- Land
- Water
48.65 km²
44.48 km²
4.17 km²
Population (2004)
- Density
14,457
325/km²

Breukelen is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands.

Population centres

Breukelen, Gieltjesdorp, Kockengen, Kortrijk, Laagnieuwkoop, Nieuwer Ter Aa, Oud Aa, Oukoop, Portengen, Portengense Brug, Scheendijk, and Spengen.

The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal passes Breukelen.

Breukelen has a railway station.

There is a large Van der Valk hotel, externally in Chinese style.

Universiteit Nyenrode is located in Breukelen.

The name of Brooklyn, New York, USA, originates from Breukelen (see also Kings County, New York, History section).

External links


Utrecht (province)

Abcoude - Amerongen - Amersfoort - Baarn - Breukelen - Bunnik - Bunschoten - De Bilt - De Ronde Venen - Doorn - Driebergen-Rijsenburg - Eemnes - Houten - IJsselstein - Leersum - Leusden - Loenen - Lopik - Maarn - Maarssen - Montfoort - Nieuwegein - Oudewater - Renswoude - Rhenen - Soest - Utrecht - Veenendaal - Vianen - Wijk bij Duurstede - Woerden - Woudenberg - Zeist

interactive map (http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gemprovin.htm#U)
Netherlands

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