Abbekerk

Abbekerk
Abbekerk
	Town
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
	The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Abbekerk in the municipality of Noorder-Koggenland.
Country	Netherlands
Province	Noord-Holland
Municipality	Medemblik
Area
• Total	3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)

Main	Births etc

Abbekerk is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 9 km north of Hoorn.

It received city rights in 1414. The church of Abbekerk has a tower dating from 1656. Until 1979, Abbekerk was a separate municipality.

In 2001, the town of Abbekerk had 1768 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.37 km², and contained 689 residences.^[2] The wider statistical area of Abbekerk has a population of around 1980.^[3]

References[]

^ CBS, Inwonertal op basis van Wijk 09 Abbebroek - Buurt 00 Abbekerk (2008)
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Noorder-Koggenland [2].

External links[]

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Abbekerk". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

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[1] CBS, Inwonertal op basis van Wijk 09 Abbebroek - Buurt 00 Abbekerk (2008)

[CBS-2] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).

[CBS2-3] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Noorder-Koggenland [2].

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