Bloemendaal
( Listen? / I ) Bloemendaal is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. The municipality has 22,178 inhabitants ( 1 January 2013) and covers an area of 38.56 km ², 0.52 km ² of which are water.
The municipality consists of the villages of villas Bloemendaal, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal aan Zee, Overveen ( with the seat of the municipal administration), Vogelenzang and Bennebroek. Bloemendaal is the wealthiest community in the country.
In the municipality of Bloemendaal is Ehrenfriedhof ( Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal ). Here 373 resistance fighters from the Second World War have their final resting place.
Personalities
- Mischa Epper - Quarles van Ufford (* August 18, 1901 Bloemendaal - October 22, 1978 Basel), sculptor, Porträtplastikerin, goldsmith