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Benthuizen
Sign in to saveBenthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn and lies about 1 km east of Zoetermeer.
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Place details
- Locality
- Benthuizen
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 18,959
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Benthuizen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rijnwoude 003.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Windmill De Haas
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Benthuizen.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wapen Benthuizen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Alphen aan den Rijn
- Settlement.elevation_m
- -3.7
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- Gallery
- References
Benthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn and lies about 1 km east of Zoetermeer.
== History == Benthuizen was described between 1280 and 1287. Benthuizen developed as a peat excavation settlement in the Late Middle Ages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benthuizen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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