Barneveld (municipality)

Barneveld 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 0 in, out of which 33,800 (2018) lived in the town itself.

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.

Population centres

 * Barneveld (town)
 * De Glind
 * Garderen
 * Kootwijk
 * Kootwijkerbroek
 * Stroe
 * Terschuur
 * Voorthuizen
 * Zwartebroek

Notable people

 * Jan van Schaffelaar (ca.1445–1482) a cavalry officer in the duchy of Guelders
 * Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt (ca.1520–ca.1594) a weaver, a Christian mystic and author
 * Jan Everts Bout (1601/1602 – 1671) an early Dutch settler in the New Netherland
 * Jacobus Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (1851–1922) a Dutch astronomer
 * Eduard Daniël van Oort (1876–1933) a Dutch ornithologist
 * Simeon Gottfried Albert Doorenbos (1891–1980) a Dutch horticulturist, Director of The Hague Parks Department 1927/1957
 * Chris van Veen (1922–2009) a Dutch politician and trade association executive
 * Hans Van de Bovenkamp (born 1938 in Garderen) a Dutch-born American sculptor

Sport

 * Conny van Bentum (born 1965) a female former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, three time Olympic relay team medallist
 * Alfred Schreuder (born 1972) a Dutch football manager and former player with over 350 club caps
 * Johan Jansen (born 1989) a Dutch professional football goalkeeper, 226 club caps with GVVV