Barneveld | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Barneveld in a municipal map of Gelderland |
Coordinates: | 52.1333°N 40°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | CDA |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Asje van Dijk |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Population Demonym: | Barnevelder |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 3770–3785, 3794, 3886 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0342, 0577 |
Barneveld (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈbɑrnəˌvɛlt/) is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the center of the Netherlands. It is known for its poultry industry and large Protestant community. The municipality had a population of in, out of which 33,800 (2018) lived in the town itself.[3]
Barneveld is estimated to be over 800 years old. This estimation is based on a text from 1174 in which a Wolfram van Barneveld is named.