Abbenbroek is a village in the Dutch province of

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 6 km west of

Spijkenisse Spijkenisse () is a city in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and has a population of 72,500. It covers an area of of which is water. It is part ...

. In 2001, the village of Abbenbroek had 971 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.22 km², and contained 390 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'

Statistics are for the continuous built-up area. The wider statistical district of Abbenbroek, covering the town and the "

Polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains s ...

Abbenbroek", has a population of around 1350.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse'

Until 1980, Abbenbroek was a separate municipality, when it became part of

Bernisse Bernisse () is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Nissewaard. The former municipality had a population of in , and covered an area of of which ...

. The municipal coat of arms is attested in the

Beyeren Armorial The Beyeren Armorial is a manuscript roll of arms of the early 15th century, containing 1096 hand-colored coats of arms, with annotations in Middle Dutch. It is held by in the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague (KB), shelf mark 79 K ...

(c. 1405, fol. 39v). It shows a pair of breeches, reflecting the popular interpretation of the element '' broek'' (properly "

brook A brook is a small river or natural stream of fresh water. It may also refer to: Computing *Brook, a programming language for GPU programming based on C *Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler *BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming ...

, marshland").Willem Albert Bachiene, ''Beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden'' (1773)
p. 732
Bernard Homer Dixon, ''Surnames'' (1857)
p.11

References

Populated places in South Holland Former municipalities of South Holland Nissewaard {{SouthHolland-geo-stub