Bennebroek

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Bennebroek

Total population

5,135

Founded

1817

Land area1.79 km²

Coordinates52.32°, 4.59°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bennebroek is a village and former municipality in the northwest Netherlands, now part of Bloemendaal, North Holland. Before its merger in 2009, it was the smallest municipality in the Netherlands, covering an area of only 1.75 km².

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

H

Heinrich Friedrich von Friesen

politician (1681-1739)

Pieter Vink

Dutch football referee and police officer (born 1967)

Frank Berghuis

Dutch footballer

Luc(as) de Groot

Dutch type designer (born 1963)

Jeroen Paul Thesseling

Dutch musician

H

Hilda van Stockum

Dutch writer (1908-2006)

B

Bill Vander Zalm

Canadian politician

Paul Mijksenaar

Dutch graphic designer (born 1944)

J

Jacob van den Eynde

Dutch councillor and politician (1515-1570)

Michèl van Dyke

German songwriter

I

Ingo Neise

German actor

J

Jos Hachmang

Dutch artist

Renate Jansen

Dutch footballer

G

Gennobaud

3rd century Frankish petty king

J

Joppe Paulides

Dutch volleyball player

M

Martien Kokkelkoren

Dutch bicycle racer

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• Vogelenzang
  0.8 mi away · pop. 2,220
• Zwaanshoek
  1.3 mi away · pop. 1,990
• Cruquius
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,033
• Heemstede
  2.4 mi away · pop. 26,936
• Beinsdorp
  2.5 mi away · pop. 987
• Aerdenhout
  2.8 mi away · pop. 4,610
• Bentveld
  3.2 mi away · pop. 985
• Vijfhuizen
  4.1 mi away · pop. 4,868
• Nieuw-Vennep
  4.3 mi away · pop. 31,514
• Hoofddorp
  4.3 mi away · pop. 76,638
• Zandvoort
  4.3 mi away · pop. 15,900
• Lisserbroek
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,421

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

Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale

Seen 2026-10-02

sunny brittlegill

Russula solaris

Seen 2026-10-01

House Mouse

Mus musculus

Seen 2026-09-30

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-30

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-09-30

Giant Willow Aphid

Tuberolachnus salignus

Seen 2026-09-30

European Common Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

Seen 2026-09-30

Hook-barred Spearhorn

Chrysotoxum festivum

Seen 2026-09-30

Dustbin-lid Jelly

Rhizostoma octopus

Seen 2026-09-30

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bennebroek, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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