page_title: Hillegom
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Hillegom / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Age pyramids for the 443 municipalities in the Netherlands. Data 2007. Statistics provided by Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Voorburg/Heerlen. Source: Tabel: Bevolking Nederland per gemeente en diverse regio's naar leeftijd, geslacht en burgerlijke staat, 1 januari 1988-2007. Gewijzigd op 24 mei 2007 (on-line database StatLine) Bevolkingspiramide - Gemeente Hillegom (2007).png
context_page_description: Hillegom is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Hillegom is part of an area called the Duin- en Bollenstreek. As such, a large portion of the local economy was traditionally geared to the cultivation of bulb flowers.
  The name Hillegom is derived from the abbey named Hijlighem. This abbey no longer exists. The current Lord of Hillegom is Jan Six X.
context_section_description: Population on January 1:
  1899: 5,361
  1930: 10,812
  1960: 14,789
  1970: 16,963
  1980: 17,937
  1990: 19,885
  2000: 20,664
  2004: 20,588
  2006: 20,317
  2011: 20,627
  2017: 21,629
  Source: Statistics Netherlands
caption: Population spread by age group, 2007.
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