Aduard
Sign in to saveAduard (; ) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier, in the Netherlands. It is located about 8 km northwest of Groningen. As of 1 January 2023, it had a population of 2,095.
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Place details
- Locality
- Aduard
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,030
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.name
- Aduard
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aduard, de gereformeerde kerk foto5 2013-08-04 16.32.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Reformed church in 2013
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 23px Westerkwartier
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.96
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,095
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Aduard
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Zuidhorn
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Aduard, de gereformeerde kerk foto5 2013-08-04 16.32.jpg
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Aduard (; ) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier, in the Netherlands. It is located about 8 km northwest of Groningen. As of 1 January 2023, it had a population of 2,095.
The history of Aduard dates back to the foundation in 1192 of the Cistercian Aduard Abbey, where famous early Humanists like Rodolphus Agricola and Wessel Gansfort studied and lectured. The centre of the village is dominated by the so-called Abdijkerk (abbey church), one of the last visible remains of the erstwhile prestigious monastery. It is suggested that this building, currently in use by the Protestant congregation, was originally the monastery's infirmary.