Abbenes

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Abbenes

Total population

1,190

Air quality index

28Good

Elevation-5 m

Coordinates52.23°, 4.59°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Abbenes is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and is situated about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Hoofddorp.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Carice van Houten

Dutch actress and singer (born 1976)

S

Sylvia Karres

field hockey player

Pieter Vink

Dutch football referee and police officer (born 1967)

Femke Dekker

Dutch rower from the Netherlands

Herman Boerhaave

Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)

Martin Verkerk

Dutch tennis player

Daphne Groeneveld

Dutch model

Luc(as) de Groot

Dutch type designer (born 1963)

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player (born 1970)

Rob van Dijk

Dutch footballer

Santy Hulst

Dutch footballer

B

Bill Vander Zalm

Canadian politician

Taeke Taekema

Dutch field hockey player

Michèl van Dyke

German songwriter

Gerard van der Geer

Dutch mathematician (born 1950)

J

Jos Hachmang

Dutch artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Holland

• Buitenkaag
  1.6 mi away · pop. 472
• Lisserbroek
  1.7 mi away · pop. 3,421
• Weteringbrug
  2.4 mi away · pop. 372
• Nieuw-Vennep
  2.8 mi away · pop. 31,514
• Beinsdorp
  3.6 mi away · pop. 987
• Burgerveen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 328
• Zwaanshoek
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,990
• Rijsenhout
  5.5 mi away · pop. 4,232
• Vogelenzang
  5.9 mi away · pop. 2,220
• Bennebroek
  6.1 mi away · pop. 5,135
• Hoofddorp
  6.5 mi away · pop. 76,638
• Kudelstaart
  6.7 mi away · pop. 9,218

Browse all places in North Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

horse-chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

Seen 2026-09-23

European Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

Seen 2026-09-23

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-09-22

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-22

marsh grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia palustris

Seen 2026-09-22

European Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Seen 2026-09-22

Sea-buckthorn

Hippophae rhamnoides

Seen 2026-09-22

Cross-leaved Heath

Erica tetralix

Seen 2026-09-22

field maple

Acer campestre

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).