Barneveld
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
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| Area | 176.74 km² |
| - Land | 176.02 km² |
| - Water | 0.72 km² |
| Population (2005) | 50,098 |
| - Density | 285/km² |
Barneveld (pronunciation (help·info)) is a town and a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the eastern Netherlands. The population of the municipality was 50,028 in 2005, the town having a population of 28,147[1].
Barneveld has become famous in the Netherlands for poultry farming and egg production and has a breed of chicken, the Barnevelder, named after it.
A famous story in Barneveld's history is the story of Jan van Schaffelaar, a man who jumped off the church tower in 1482 in order to save the lives of his men and his wife.
[edit] Population centres
Barneveld, De Glind, Garderen, Kootwijk, Kootwijkerbroek, Stroe, Terschuur, Voorthuizen and Zwartebroek.
[edit] Notable people born in Barneveld
- Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964), teacher and astronomer
- Conny van Bentum (born 1965), freestyle swimmer
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