Abbenbroek

Village in South Holland, Netherlands

Coat of arms

The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Abbenbroek in the former municipality of Bernisse.

Coordinates: 51°50′55″N 4°14′34″E / 51.84861°N 4.24278°E / 51.84861; 4.24278CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandMunicipalityNissewaardPopulation

• Total1,349Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Abbenbroek is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 6 km west of Spijkenisse.

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

^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1] Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse [2]^{[permanent dead link]}.
^ 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.