Bregtdorp is a hamlet in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Bergen, North Holland in the north-western

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1843 as Bregdorp, and means "settlement of Bregt (person)". Bregtdorp has place name signs. The southern part of the hamlet was annexed by

Schoorl Schoorl is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, North Holland, Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own. Sch ...

. It was home to 109 people 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 150 houses and 30 apartments in a retirement home.

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Populated places in North Holland Bergen, North Holland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub