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{{Infobox settlement
|name               = Grootebroek
|coordinates_region   = NL
|subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1  = Province
|subdivision_name1  = [[Noord-Holland]]
|subdivision_type2  = Municipality
|subdivision_name2  = [[Stede Broec]]
|area_km2           =
|population         = 8447
|population_as_of   = 2005
|density            =
|website            =
|image_shield       = Grootebroek wapen.svg
|latNS    = N
|longEW   = E
|latd               = 52
|latm               = 41
|lats               = 56
|longd               = 5
|longm               = 13
|longs               = 8
}}

'''Grootebroek''' is a town in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[North Holland]]. It is located in the municipality of [[Stede Broec]].

Grootebroek was a separate municipality until 1979.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>
The town is called Grootebroek after a large swamp in the area; in Dutch, "groote" means "large" and "broek" means "swamp". The most common meaning of "broek" in present-day Dutch is "pants", leading to some  hilarity about the town's name. Grootebroek is located next to [[Lutjebroek]], "small swamp".

The Dutch soccer players [[Frank de Boer|Frank]] and [[Ronald de Boer]] grew up in Grootebroek.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Kuyper|Grootebroek|nh|grootebroek}} Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
*[http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Grootebroek People of Grootebroek on Wikia Genealogy]

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[[Category:Settlements in North Holland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Holland]]


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