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| name                    = Bloemendaal
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]] and [[town]]
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| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
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 |url          = https://www.bloemendaal.nl/over-de-gemeente/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders
 |title        = College van burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title  = Board of mayor and aldermen
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 |publisher    = Gemeente Bloemendaal
 |access-date  = 3 February 2024
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| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ankie Broekers-Knol]]
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| area_code               = 023
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'''Bloemendaal''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈblumə(n)ˌdaːl|pron|Nl-Bloemendaal.ogg}}) is a municipality and town in the Western [[Netherlands]], in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Holland]]. Bloemendaal is, together with [[Wassenaar]], the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/inkomen-bestedingen/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2010/2010-3244-wm.htm |title=Bloemendaal en Wassenaar zijn rijkste gemeenten |author=Statistics Netherlands |author-link=Statistics Netherlands |date= 15 November 2010|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref> It is located just west of [[Haarlem]], on the [[North Sea]].

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 resolved within a year. [[Bernt Schneiders]], the mayor of [[Haarlem]], was appointed acting mayor of Bloemendaal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/4158016/2015/10/07/Noord-Holland-dreigt-met-opheffen-Bloemendaal.dhtml |title=Noord-Holland dreigt met opheffen Bloemendaal |language=nl |publisher=Algemeen Dagblad |date=7 October 2015 |access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref>

==Population centres ==
The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
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* [[Bennebroek]]
* Bloemendaal
* [[Aerdenhout]]
* [[Bloemendaal aan Zee]]
* [[Overveen]]
* [[Vogelenzang]]
}}

<gallery>
Gem-Bloemendaal-OpenTopo.jpg|Municipality map, February 2024
Bloemendaalseweg 108.JPG|Bloemendaal
Bloemendaalseweg Overveen P1140233.jpg|Overveen
</gallery>

== Local government ==
The [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which after [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022]] were divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Bloemendaal municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731121|access-date=3 February 2024|website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] – 5 seats
* [[Democrats 66|D66]] – 4 seats
* [[GroenLinks]] – 3 seats
* Hart van Bloemendaal – 3 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] – 1 seat
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] – 1 seat
* Liberaal Bloemendaal – 1 seat
* Independent Bloemendaal – 1 seat

Since January 2009 Bennebroek, until then a separate municipality, became a part of Bloemendaal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bloemendaal |url=https://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/partners/bloemendaal|access-date=14 June 2024|website=noord-hollandsarchief.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

== Railway connections ==
[[File:2016 0429 Station Overveen 02.jpg|thumb|left|Station Overveen]]
The municipality has two railway stations: [[Bloemendaal railway station|Bloemendaal]] (on the municipal border with Haarlem) and [[Overveen railway station|Overveen]]. Both are served by [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] (NS) regional services (''Sprinter'').

== Sports ==
Bloemendaal is home to one of the country's leading [[field hockey]] clubs, [[HC Bloemendaal]]. The men's first team competes for the Dutch Hoofdklasse (top league) title most years.

== 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 given to [[Jac. P. Thijsse]] at the occasion of his 60th birthday. The garden still exists today.

== National heritage sites ==
{{Main article|List of rijksmonuments in Bloemendaal (town)}}
The town of Bloemendaal has 125 listings in the register of [[Rijksmonument|rijksmonuments]].

== 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 philosophy|reformational philosopher]]
* [[Frank de Miranda]] (1913 in Bloemendaal – 1986) sculptor, psychologist and publicist
* [[Tjitze Baarda]] (1932 in Vogelenzang – 2017) 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, municipal councillor
* [[Frank Gerard Rozendaal]] (1957 in Bloemendaal – 2013) ornithologist, researched the Southeast Asian avifauna 
[[File:KickSmit1946cropped.jpg|140px|thumb|Kick Smit, 1946]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Cornelis van der Vliet]] (1880 in Bloemendaal – 1960 in Bloemendaal) sports shooter, competed in the team clay pigeon event at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Kick Smit]] (1911 in Bloemendaal – 1974) football player, 29 caps and 26 goals for the [[Netherlands national football team]]
* [[Aat de Roos]] (1919 in Bloemendaal – 1992) field hockey player, competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Gijs van Lennep]] (born 1942 in Aerdenhout) [[esquire]] and former racing driver 
* [[Robert van Werkhoven]] (born 1954 in Bloemendaal) sailor, competed at [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Gert Jan Schlatmann]] (born 1963 in Bloemendaal) former field hockey player
* [[Ellen Hoog]] (born 1986 in Bloemendaal) field hockey player

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Landgoed Elswout.jpg|[[Elswout]], Overveen
File:Overzicht, voorgevel en rechter zijgevel - Bloemendaal - 20371987 - RCE.jpg|Farmhouse in Vogelenzang
File:Pompstation de Oranjekom.jpg|Pumping station in Oranjekom
File:Dünenhügel NP Zuid-Kennemerland.jpg|[[Zuid-Kennemerland National Park]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links==
*[http://www.bloemendaal.nl/ Official website]
*[http://visithaarlem.org/bloemendaal Tourist Info about Bloemendaal]

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{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Bloemendaal
 | North     = [[Velsen]]
 | East      = [[Haarlem]]<br>[[Heemstede]]
 | Southeast = [[Haarlemmermeer]]
 | South     = [[Hillegom]] ([[South Holland|ZH]])
 | Southwest = [[Noordwijk]] ([[South Holland|ZH]])
 | West      = ''[[North Sea]]''<br/>[[Zandvoort]]
}}
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{{North Holland Province}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]