de Bilt

{{Infobox settlement

| name = De Bilt

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Vollenhove-De Bilt (6).JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Vollenhoven, De Bilt

| image_flag = Vlag de Bilt.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = De Bilt wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0310 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of De Bilt in a municipal map of Utrecht

| map_caption = Location in Utrecht

| coordinates = {{coord|52|7|N|5|12|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Utrecht

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url=https://debilt.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/het-college/burgemeester-en-wethouders/burgemeester-mr-sccm-potters/

|title=Burgemeester S.C.C.M. Potters

|language=nl

|publisher=Gemeente De Bilt

|access-date=9 April 2017

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224220213/https://debilt.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/het-college/burgemeester-en-wethouders/burgemeester-mr-sccm-potters/

|archive-date=24 December 2018

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = VVD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Sjoerd Potters

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|De Bilt}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|De Bilt}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|De Bilt}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 3721AB

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 5 April 2014}}

| elevation_m = 4

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|De Bilt}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|De Bilt}}

| population_demonym = Biltenaar(s)

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 3615, 3720–3732, 3737–3739

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 030, 0346

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.debilt.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

De Bilt ({{IPA|nl|də ˈbɪlt|-|Nl-De Bilt.ogg}}) is a municipality and town in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. It had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|De Bilt}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}. De Bilt houses the headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).

It is the ancestral home and namesake for the prominent Vanderbilt family of the United States.

Population centres

The municipality of De Bilt consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bilthoven, De Bilt, Groenekan, Hollandsche Rading, Maartensdijk, Westbroek.

Topography

File:Gem-DeBilt-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of De Bilt, June 2015

Notable people

File:Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas61 - Nicolaas van Nieulandt 1559.jpg

File:Erik van der Wurff (1979).jpg

File:Bas Haring 03.JPG

File:Hans van Breukelen 2011.jpg

= Sport =

Gallery

File:Overzicht van de westgevel - De Bilt - 20418264 - RCE.jpg|Roman Catholic Church of Saint Michael - De Bilt

File:Granito Kegels Carel Lanters SoestdijksewegZuid Bilthoven.jpg|Granito Kegels by Carel Lanters, Soestdijkseweg, Bilthoven

File:KantoorORMIT.jpg|Office

File:Buurtschap Nieuwe Wetering.JPG|Neighborhood Nieuwe Wetering

References

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