Abbenbroek

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| subdivision_name1 = South Holland

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| subdivision_name2 = Nissewaard

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| population_total = 1349

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Abbenbroek is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 6 km west of Spijkenisse.

In 2001, the village of Abbenbroek had 971 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.22 km², and contained 390 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124100013/http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm |date=2007-01-24 }}. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area. The wider statistical district of Abbenbroek, covering the town and the "Polder Abbenbroek", has a population of around 1350.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bernisse [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/b/2004-bernisse.htm]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.

Until 1980, Abbenbroek was a separate municipality, when it became part of Bernisse.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}

The municipal coat of arms is attested in the Beyeren Armorial (c. 1405, fol. 39v). It shows a pair of breeches, reflecting the popular interpretation of the element broek (properly "brook, marshland").Willem Albert Bachiene, Beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden (1773), [https://books.google.com/books?id=e2ZeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA732 p. 732]. Bernard Homer Dixon, Surnames (1857), [https://books.google.com/books?id=gM5rAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA11 p.11].