Barneveld (municipality)

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Barneveld (Template:IPA) is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the center of the Netherlands. It is known for its poultry industry and large Protestant community. The municipality had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population in Template:YEAR, out of which 33,800 (2018) lived in the town itself.<ref>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

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

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

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The new townhall Barneveld with its golden egg

The new townhall Barneveld with its golden egg
Aluform theater, Barneveld

Aluform theater, Barneveld
Restaurant at Nature Park Schaffelaar Barneveld

Restaurant at Nature Park Schaffelaar Barneveld