Benschop

Benschop
Town

De Nicolaaskerk van Benschop

The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Benschop in the municipality of Lopik.
Coordinates: 52°0′26″N 4°58′46″E / 52.00722°N 4.97944°ECoordinates: 52°0′26″N 4°58′46″E / 52.00722°N 4.97944°E
Country Netherlands
Province Utrecht (province)
Municipality Lopik
Area
 • Total 15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population (2008[1])
 • Total 3,480
 • Density 230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 3405
Dialing code 0348

Benschop 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.[2] The statistical district of Benschop, which covers the entire former municipality, has a population of about 3530, and an area of about 23 km².[3]

Until 1989, Benschop was a separate municipality.

References

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

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