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1795

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Population by place of residence in 1795

The map below shows the regional distribution of the population of the Netherlands (Batavian Republic) by place of residence, according to the first Dutch population census in 1795. After the French revolution the Dutch Republic was renamed Batavian Republic in 1795. The Batavian and French republics signed a treaty, according to which both states formed a defensive alliance; the Batavian Republic ceded Dutch Flanders, Maastricht and Venlo to France.

The number of inhabitants ranges from 3 in Klein-Waspik (at that time province of Holland; nowadays province of North-Brabant) to 217,024 in Amsterdam. The average number of inhabitants per place of residence is 1,040.

Population size in the Batavian Republic by place of residence in 1795

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The map above is compiled by NIDI. Local boundaries in this map are based on municipal boundaries of 1811. (of a vectorised map compiled by Onno Boonstra) These boundaries do not necessarily reflect the situation in 1795. Two local areas were added to the map: Lommel (to the south of Bergeyk in Batavian Brabant; nowadays part of Belgium) and Schenkenschans (to the east of Millingen in Gelderland; nowadays part of Germany). For all 1807 places of residence from the population census of 1795 geographic co-ordinates (so called RD co-ordinates) were added. White areas did not belong to the Batavian Republic at that time but do belong to the Netherlands nowadays. (Dutch Flanders in the South-west; province of Limburg in the South-east; Land van Ravenstein in the East of Batavian Brabant; Luyksgestel between Bergeyk and Lommel; Bokhoven to the north of Vlijmen; Huissen, Duiven, Zevenaar and Wehl in Gelderland)

Source:: Population census in the Dutch Republic, 1796 [Volks-Tellinge in de Nederlandsche Republiek];; Data of the population census of 1795 digitised by NIWI (see Dutch censuses 1795-1971 in Dutch);

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