Abbenbroek
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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]
References
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- ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1] Template:Webarchive. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
- ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse [2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst"..
- ↑ 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.
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