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De Bilt () is a
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 ...
and
town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...
in the
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
of
Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
,
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 ...
. It had a population of in . De Bilt houses the headquarters of the
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute The Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, ; KNMI) is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands. ...
(KNMI). It is the ancestral home and namesake for the prominent
Vanderbilt family The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthr ...
of the United States.


Population centres

The municipality of De Bilt consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
Bilthoven Bilthoven is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht, Amersfoort and Baarn. It is home to the Netherlands National Institute for Public Heal ...
, De Bilt, Groenekan, Hollandsche Rading,
Maartensdijk Maartensdijk is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt, and lies about 4 km north of Bilthoven. History Maartensdijk was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with De Bilt. Un ...
,
Westbroek Westbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt, and lies about 6 km northwest of Bilthoven. Westbroek consists mainly of a ribbon of farms along a dike. The village is surrounded by a ...
.


Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of De Bilt, June 2015''


Notable people

* Nicolaas van Nieuwland (1510 in Maartensdijk – 1580) Bishop of Haarlem and abbot of
Egmond Abbey Egmond Abbey or St. Adalbert's Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Egmond, ''Sint-Adelbertabdij'') is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Annunciation between Egmond aan den Hoef and Bakkum in Egmond-Binnen in the municipality of Bergen in th ...
1562 to 1569. * Joan Gideon Loten (1710 in Groenekan – 1789) worked in the
Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
, the 29th Governor of Zeylan * The
Vanderbilt family The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthr ...
, prominent in the USA during the
Gilded Age In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1877 to 1900, which was sandwiched between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Wes ...
, has its name from the town, meaning 'from De Bilt'. *
Johan Beyen Johan Willem "Wim" Beyen (2 May 1897 – 29 April 1976) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of Liberal signature and businessman. Beyen played an important role in the creation of the European Economic Community and is regarded as one of the Foun ...
(1897 in Bilthoven – 1976) a politician, helped create the
European Economic Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lis ...
* Auke Bloembergen (1927 in De Bilt – 2016) a jurist, justice at the
Supreme Court of the Netherlands The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ( nl, Hoge Raad der Nederlanden or simply ''Hoge Raad''), officially the High Council of the Netherlands, is the final court of appeal in civil, criminal and tax cases in the Netherlands, including Curaça ...
1979 to 1993 * Els Borst (1932 – 2014 in Bilthoven) a Dutch politician, academic and physician *
Ad Donker Adriaan Donker (5 December 1933 – 17 July 2002) was a pioneering South African publisher. Biography Born in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, he learned book publishing from his father (Ad. Donker, Rotterdam) and Collier Macmillan in London and ...
(1933 in Bilthoven – 2002) a pioneering publisher of social critical works in South Africa *
Anne Sjerp Troelstra Anne Sjerp Troelstra (10 August 1939 – 7 March 2019) was a professor of pure mathematics and foundations of mathematics at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) of the University of Amsterdam. He was a constructivist logici ...
(1939 in Maartensdijk – 2019) a maths professor the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. *
Madelon Hooykaas Else Madelon Hooykaas (born 28 September 1942, in Maartensdijk) is a Dutch video artist, photographer and film maker. She makes films, sculptures, audio-video installations and has published several books. Biography Madelon Hooykaas grew up i ...
(born 1942 in Maartensdijk) a video artist, photographer and film maker *
Madelon Vriesendorp Madelon Vriesendorp (born 1945, Bilthoven) is a Dutch artist, painter, sculptor and art collector. She was married to Rem Koolhaas and best known as one of the co-founders of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in the early 1970s (toge ...
(born 1945 in Bilthoven) an artist, co-founded of the
Office of Metropolitan Architecture The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an international architectural firm with offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia. The firm is currently led by eight partners - Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van L ...
*
Erik van der Wurff Erik van der Wurff (9 July 1945 – 22 September 2014) was a Dutch pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor. He worked mainly on soundtracks and as a composer for many movies and television shows. He also made acting appearan ...
(1945 in De Bilt – 2014) a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor *
Frederik de Groot Frederik Percy de Groot (born 23 May 1946 in Bilthoven) is a Dutch actor. In the Netherlands he appeared in the detective series '' Bureau Kruislaan'' and its spin-off '' Unit 13''. Biography He is best known, however, in Canada where he was ...
(born 1946 in Bilthoven) a Dutch actor and TV spokesman for ING Direct Canada *
Thomas von der Dunk Thomas von der Dunk (born 2 July 1961, in Soestdijk) is a Dutch cultural historian, writer, and columnist who has written for '' de Volkskrant'' and ''HP/De Tijd''. Von der Dunk was raised in Bilthoven, and from 1979 to 1988 studied art history ...
(born 1961) a cultural historian, writer and columnist; raised in Bilthoven * Albert Schram (born 1964 in De Bilt) the Vice Chancellor of the
Papua New Guinea University of Technology The Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Unitech) is a university located in Lae, Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Courses offered Unitech offers courses in the following fields: *Agriculture *Architecture *Construction Management (P ...
*
Bas Haring Sebastiaan (Bas) Haring (born 23 April 1968 in De Bilt) is a Dutch writer of popular science and children's literature, television presenter and professor. He is a full professor at Leiden University, where he has held a chair in "public underst ...
(born 1968 in De Bilt) a writer of popular science and children's literature and TV presenter * Jetske van den Elsen (born 1972 in De Bilt) a Dutch female television presenter IMDb Database
retrieved 26 October 2019


Sport

* John Blankenstein (1949 in De Bilt – 2006) a football referee and gay rights activist * Ingrid van der Elst (born 1955 in Bilthoven) a former sportswoman in cricket and field hockey *
Hans van Breukelen Johannes Franciscus "Hans" van Breukelen (; born 4 October 1956) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was the technical director of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) from 2017 until 2018. Van Breuke ...
(born 1956) a former football goalkeeper with 511 club caps, grew up in De Bilt * Martijntje Quik (born 1973 in De Bilt) a former coxswain, silver medallist at the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
* Joost Broerse (born 1979 in De Bilt) a Dutch former footballer with 448 club caps *
Lisa Westerhof Lisa Laetitia Westerhof (born 2 November 1981, in De Bilt) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Westerhof represented her country at the Optimist World Championship in 1995 and 1996, becoming only the second girl to win the championship outright. ...
(born 1981 in De Bilt) a sailor, competed at the
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
and
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...
* Thierry Brinkman (born 1995 in Bilthoven) a Dutch field hockey player


Gallery

File:Overzicht van de westgevel - De Bilt - 20418264 - RCE.jpg, Overzicht van de westgevel - De Bilt File:Granito Kegels Carel Lanters SoestdijksewegZuid Bilthoven.jpg, Granito Kegels by Carel Lanters, Soestdijkseweg, Bilthoven File:KantoorORMIT.jpg, Kantoor File:Buurtschap Nieuwe Wetering.JPG, Buurtschap Nieuwe Wetering


References


External links

*
Official Website
Municipalities of Utrecht (province) Populated places in Utrecht (province) {{Utrecht-geo-stub