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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Overveen
| settlement_type         = Village
| other_name              = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name             = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = Landschap Overveen.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = Overveen
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| pushpin_map             = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
| pushpin_label_position  = top
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Bloemendaal]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 2051AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 28 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 4.2
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| area_total_km2          = 4.22
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 4,390
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 2051<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 023
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|23|32|N|4|37|3|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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'''Overveen''' is a village in [[North Holland]] in the [[Netherlands]], in the municipality of [[Bloemendaal]]. Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the [[North Sea]] dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of [[Haarlem]]. A few kilometres to the west of the town lies the [[Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal]] (Honorary Cemetery), where many [[Second World War]] victims have been reburied, including resistance fighter [[Hannie Schaft]], sculptor and resistance leader [[Gerrit van der Veen]], banker and resistance member [[Walraven van Hall]], Physician and former Wehrmacht officer [[Karl Gröger]], and sculptor and resistance member [[Johan Limpers]]. The town is connected to rail service by the [[Overveen railway station]] which opened in 1881 on the [[Haarlem]] to [[Zandvoort]] railway line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=overveen&vraag=overveen |title=station Overveen |website=Stationweb |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
Lonbar Petrilaan 28, in the ''Kweekduin'' neighborhood, was built in 1956-57 by noted Dutch architect [[w:nl:Gerard Holt|Gerard Holt]]. Its garden, designed by [[Mien Ruys]], was the first ''bielzentuin'' in the Netherlands. The house is on the list of [[Rijksmonument#Gemeentelijk monument|municipal monuments]].<ref>{{cite web
  |title=Straat: Lonbar Petrilaan
  |url=http://www.bloemendaal.nl/fileadmin/contentbeheerders/II-Bouwen_en_wonen/Monumenten/Lonbar_Petrilaan_28.pdf
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609041133/http://www.bloemendaal.nl/fileadmin/contentbeheerders/II-Bouwen_en_wonen/Monumenten/Lonbar_Petrilaan_28.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2011
  |work=Gemeentelijke Monumentenlijst|publisher=Bloemendaal|access-date=18 May 2010
}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Gemeentehuis Bloemendaal in Overveen.jpg|The Bloemendaal [[town hall]] in Overveen
File:Albert Heijn Overveen P1140234.jpg|Supermarket
File:Publieke Werken, Overveen 04.jpg|Office building
File:Overveen OLV Onbevangen.JPG|Catholic church
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Commons category|Overveen|position=left}}

{{Dutch municipality Bloemendaal}}
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[[Category:Bloemendaal]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]


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