Benschop

Benschop is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 4 km west of . Benschop is an extremely long village: apart from a relatively compact town centre, it consists of a long ribbon of houses on both sides of the Benschopsche Wetering.
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  • Type: Village with 3,520 residents
  • Description: town in the province Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Also known as: Benschop, Utrecht
  • Postal code: 3405

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nieuwe Algemene Begraafplaats De Stuivenberg and Achterveld.

Cemetery
is a cemetery, which is situated 3 km northwest of Benschop.

Tram stop
is a tram stop, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Benschop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blokland and Uitweg.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 1 km southeast of that city, and 6 km west of . is situated 3½ km north of Benschop.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 5 km southwest of . The town consists almost completely of a ribbon of farms along the Enge IJssel and Lopiker Wetering rivers, between Graaf and . is situated 3½ km southeast of Benschop.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 7 km southwest of . used to be a separate municipality, covering a large part of the current municipality of Lopik south of the Lopiker Wetering and Enge IJssel rivers. is situated 4½ km south of Benschop.

Benschop

Latitude
52.00901° or 52° 0′ 32″ north
Longitude
4.9789° or 4° 58′ 44″ east
Population
3,520
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL HOP
Open location code
9F462X5H+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1013927233
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759186
Wiki­data ID
Q2896698
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Benschop” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Benschop
  • Catalan: Benschop
  • Cebuano: Benschop
  • Chinese: Benschop
  • Dutch: Benschop
  • Esperanto: Benschop
  • French: Benschop
  • Irish: Benschop
  • Italian: Benschop
  • Luxembourgish: Benschop
  • Min Nan Chinese: Benschop
  • Persian: بنسخوپ
  • Russian: Беншоп
  • Ukrainian: Бенсхоп
  • Welsh: Benschop

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Benschop”. Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.