Benschop

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The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Benschop in the municipality of Lopik.

Benschop (52°0′N, 4°59′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 4 km west of IJsselstein. Benschop is an extremely long village: apart from a relatively compact town centre, it consists of a long ribbon (over 8 km long) of houses (mainly farms) on both sides of the Benschopsche Wetering.

In 2001, the town centre of Benschop had 1968 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.3 km², and contained 683 residences.[1] The statistical district of Benschop, which covers the entire former municipality, has a population of about 3530, and an area of about 23 km².[2]

Until 1989, Benschop was a separate municipality.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Lopik [2].

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