Editing Barneveld (municipality)

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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Barneveld
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Barneveld, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM8613 IMG 4304 2020-04-08 14.43.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in Barneveld
| image_flag              = Barneveld vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Barneveld.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0203 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Barneveld in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|8|N|5|35|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.barneveld.nl/bestuur-organisatie/college-van-bw_251/
 |title = College van B&W
 |trans-title=Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Barneveld
 |access-date = 19 June 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Asje van Dijk]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Barneveld}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Barneveld}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Barneveld}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 3771ER
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 19 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 10
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Barneveld}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Barneveld}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Barnevelder
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 3770–3785, 3794, 3886
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0342, 0577
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.barneveld.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Barneveld''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈbɑrnəˌvɛlt|-|Nl-Barneveld.oga}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the province of [[Gelderland]] in the center of the Netherlands. It is known for its [[poultry farming|poultry industry]] and large [[Protestant]] community. The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Barneveld}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}, out of which 33,800  (2018) lived in the [[Barneveld (town)|town]] itself.<ref>[http://www.barneveld.incijfers.nl/ Barneveld in Cijfers]</ref>

Barneveld is estimated to be over 800 years old. This estimation is based on a text from 1174 in which a Wolfram van Barneveld is named.

== Population centres ==
*[[Barneveld (town)]]
*[[De Glind]]
*[[Garderen]]
*[[Kootwijk]]
*[[Kootwijkerbroek]]
*[[Stroe, Gelderland|Stroe]]
*[[Terschuur]]
*[[Voorthuizen]]
*[[Zwartebroek]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Jan van Schaffelaar]] (ca.1445–1482) a cavalry officer in the duchy of [[Guelders]] 
* [[Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt]] (ca.1520–ca.1594) a weaver, a Christian mystic and author
* [[Jan Everts Bout]] (1601/1602 – 1671) an early Dutch settler in the [[New Netherland]]
* [[Jacobus Kapteyn]] FRS FRSE LLD (1851–1922) a Dutch astronomer
* [[Eduard Daniël van Oort]] (1876–1933) a Dutch [[ornithologist]] 
* [[Simeon Gottfried Albert Doorenbos]] (1891–1980) a Dutch horticulturist, Director of The Hague Parks Department 1927/1957
* [[Chris van Veen]] (1922–2009) a Dutch politician and trade association executive
* [[Hans Van de Bovenkamp]] (born 1938 in Garderen) a Dutch-born American sculptor
=== Sport ===
* [[Conny van Bentum]] (born 1965) a female former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, three time Olympic relay team medallist
* [[Alfred Schreuder]] (born 1972) a Dutch football manager and former player with over 350 club caps
* [[Johan Jansen]] (born 1989) a Dutch professional football goalkeeper, 226 club caps with [[GVVV]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Barneveld at 6 December 2013 already in Christmas outfit, lovely - panoramio.jpg|Barneveld
File:The new townhall Barneveld with its "golden egg" to represent its chicken history - panoramio.jpg|The new townhall Barneveld with its golden egg
File:Aluform theater barneveld.jpg|Aluform theater, Barneveld
File:Restaurant at Nature Park Schaffelaar Barneveld, with the mainbuilding tower at the background - panoramio.jpg|Restaurant at Nature Park Schaffelaar Barneveld
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.barneveld.nl/}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Barneveld
 | North     = [[Nijkerk]], [[Putten]], [[Ermelo, Netherlands|Ermelo]]
 | East      = [[Apeldoorn]]
 | South     = [[Renswoude]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]]), [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]
 | Southwest = [[Woudenberg]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]]), [[Scherpenzeel, Gelderland|Scherpenzeel]]
 | West      = [[Amersfoort]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])<br>[[Leusden]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
}}
{{Dutch municipality Barneveld}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Barneveld (municipality)| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]