Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal (pronounced [ˈblumə(n)daːl] (listen)) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.[5]

For other uses, see Bloemendaal (disambiguation).
Bloemendaal
Municipality
Bloemendaal city hall
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in North Holland
Coordinates: 52°24′N 4°36′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorElbert Roest (D66)
Area
 • Total45.18 km2 (17.44 sq mi)
 • Land39.73 km2 (15.34 sq mi)
 • Water5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Elevation12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
 • Total23,159
 • Density583/km2 (1,510/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Bloemendaler
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
2050–2061, 2110–2121
Area code023
Websitewww.bloemendaal.nl
Dutch Topographic map of Bloemendaal, June 2015

In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governance in Bloemendaal, the King's Commissioner of North Holland, Johan Remkes, threatened to disband the municipality if the problems were not fixed within a year. Bernt Schneiders, the mayor of Haarlem, was appointed as acting mayor of Bloemendaal.[6]

Population centres

The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

Local government

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which are (in 2008) divided as follows:

Railway connections

Bloemendaal has a railway station - Bloemendaal railway station. There are two other stations in the municipality of Bloemendaal - Overveen and Heemstede-Aerdenhout.

Sports

Bloemendaal is home to one of the country's most famous field hockey clubs, HC Bloemendaal. The men's first team competes for the Dutch Hoofdklasse (top league) title nearly every year.

Thijsse's Hof

In 1925 Thijsse's Hof (the Garden of Thijsse) was created. It was the first wildlife garden in the Netherlands. It was gifted to Jac. P. Thijsse at the occasion of his 60th birthday. The garden still exists today.

Notable people
  • Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874 in Bloemendaal – 1953) composer and music educator
  • Frederick Koolhoven (1886 in Bloemendaal – 1946) aircraft designer in Britain and Netherlands
  • Leo Brongersma (1907 in Bloemendaal – 1994) zoologist, herpetologist, author, and lecturer
  • Johan Benders (1907 in Bloemendaal – 1943) teacher and victim of the Gestapo
  • Hendrik Van Riessen (1911 in Bloemendaal – 2000 in Bloemendaal) second generation reformational philosopher
  • Frank de Miranda (1913 in Bloemendaal - 1986) sculptor, psychologist and publicist
  • Tjitze Baarda (born 1932 in Vogelenzang) emeritus professor of theology and religious sciences
  • Erwin Nypels (born 1933 in Bloemendaal) former politician
  • Louwrien Wijers (born 1941 in Aerdenhout) artist and writer
  • Ankie Broekers-Knol (born 1946) politician, a municipal councillor
  • Arielle Vernède (born 1953 in Bloemendaal) pianist.
  • Frank Gerard Rozendaal (1957 in Bloemendaal–2013) ornithologist, researched the Southeast Asian avifauna
  • Mary van der Valk (born 1958 in Bloemendaal) Children's literature and spirituality writer
Kick Smit, 1946

Sport
  • Sparrenheuvel te Bloemendaal
  • Overzicht, voorgevel en rechter zijgevel, Bloemendaal
  • Bezoekerscentrum, Oranjekom
  • Nationaal Park Zuid, Kennemerland

References
  1. "College van B en W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Bloemendaal. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. "Postcodetool for 2051ED". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. Statistics Netherlands (15 November 2010). "Bloemendaal en Wassenaar zijn rijkste gemeenten". Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  6. "Noord-Holland dreigt met opheffen Bloemendaal" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.


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