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Buitenkaag
Sign in to saveBuitenkaag is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 8 km northeast of Leiden. The name Buitenkaag (Outer Kaag) refers to the town Kaag and the surrounding lake area, the Kagerplassen. The village officially received the name in 1859.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Buitenkaag is referenced by 31 other articles, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
Vinony files it under Haarlemmermeer and Populated places in North Holland.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Buitenkaag
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 435
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Buitenkaag
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Buitenkaag, dorpshuis, kerk (Kerkcomplex Joannes Evangelist (GM0394-50) en school IMG 9928 2021-08-02 14.06.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Village house, church (Kerkcomplex Joannes Evangelist ) and school
- Settlement.motto
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- Settlement.map_caption1
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- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Haarlemmermeer
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 2158
- Commons category
- Buitenkaag
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Encyclopedic overview
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Buitenkaag is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 8 km northeast of Leiden. The name Buitenkaag (Outer Kaag) refers to the town Kaag and the surrounding lake area, the Kagerplassen. The village officially received the name in 1859.
One of the most distinctive buildings in Buitenkaag is "Gemaal de Leeghwater", a pumping station named after Jan Leeghwater. Built in the mid-19th century to reclaim the Haarlemmermeer lake, it is still operational today. Originally, it was based on steam engine. In 1930, diesel engines were installed in the pumping station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buitenkaag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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