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De Bilt (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈbɪlt] (listen)) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. De Bilt had a population of 42,824 in 2019 and is the seat of the headquarters of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, KNMI.

It is the ancestral home and namesake for the prominent Vanderbilt family of the United States.

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  1. Gemeente Maartensdijk Burgerlijke Stand MaartensdijkMaartensdijkMarriage record for Dirk Theodorus van Leur & Dirkje Vonk, civil registry of marriages, Maartensdijk, 1858-11-24, record 14