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 in, out of which 33,800 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
Notable people
- Jan van Schaffelaar a cavalry officer in the duchy of Guelders
- Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt a weaver, a Christian mystic and author
- Jan Everts Bout an early Dutch settler in the New Netherland
- Jacobus Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD a Dutch astronomer
- Eduard Daniël van Oort a Dutch ornithologist
- Simeon Gottfried Albert Doorenbos a Dutch horticulturist, Director of The Hague Parks Department 1927/1957
- Chris van Veen a Dutch politician and trade association executive
- Hans Van de Bovenkamp a Dutch-born American sculptor
Sport
- Conny van Bentum a female former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, three time Olympic relay team medallist
- Alfred Schreuder a Dutch football manager and former player with over 350 club caps
- Johan Jansen a Dutch professional football goalkeeper, 226 club caps with GVVV