NETHERLANDS – New statistics: parishes are shrinking

NETHERLANDS – New statistics: parishes are shrinking

Church goers per municipality

The Dutch ‘Central Bureau for Statistics’ (CBS) has published new findings about the dwindling numbers of people who regularly visit a religious service.

In 2013, 53 per cent of Dutch grown-ups considered themselves religious, against 55 per cent in 2010.

In 2013, 17 per cent of grown-ups regularly visited a church, mosque or other religious service (at least once a month). The above map shows strong regional differences.

 

Read the full article in Dutch here.

http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/vrije-tijd-cultuur/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2014/2014-4115-wm.htm

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