Groenekan
Sign in to saveGroenekan is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt, and lies about 3 km west of Bilthoven.
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Vinony's link graph records 21 inbound references to Groenekan, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including De Bilt and Populated places in Utrecht (province).
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Groenekan
- Region
- Utrecht
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,565
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Groenekan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Groenekan Groenekanseweg 90 Welgelegen 15032022.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Villa in Groenekan
- Settlement.motto
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- Map NL - De Bilt - Groenekan.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Groenekan in the municipality of De Bilt. -->
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Utrecht#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Utrecht
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- De Bilt
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- De Bilt
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 3737
- Commons category
- Groenekan
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Groenekan is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt, and lies about 3 km west of Bilthoven.
== History == It was first mentioned in 1607 as De Groene Kan, and is a reference to an inn with a green pot as display. Groenekan was a road village in a peat excavation area to the east of the Vecht. In 1840, it was home to 237 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Groenekan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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