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De Bilt - Definition and Overview

De Bilt

Location municipality De Bilt

Country Netherlands
Province Utrecht
Area
- Land
- Water
67.10 km²
66.33 km²
0.77 km²
Population (2004)
- Density
42,208
636/km²


De Bilt is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands.

Contents

Population centres

  • Bilthoven
  • De Bilt
  • Groenekan
  • Hollandsche Rading
  • Maartensdijk
  • Westbroek

The town De Bilt

De Bilt (population as of 2001: 14,800) is the seat of the headquarters of the Royal Dutch Institute for Meteorology, KNMI.

It is the ancestral home and namesake for the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.

Bilthoven

Bilthoven (population as of 2001: 17,970) lies to the north of De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht, Amersfoort and Baarn.

Hollandsche Rading

Hollandsche Rading (population as of 2001: 1570) is a small village between Hilversum and De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht and Hilversum.

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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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