Houtigehage

Also known as De Houtigehage

Houtigehage () is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 905 in January 2017.

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Houtigehage is a village located in the Netherlands. It is situated within the administrative territorial entity of Smallingerland. The settlement operates under the Europe/Amsterdam time zone, which corresponds to UTC+01:00.

According to available data, the population of Houtigehage is 905. The location is classified with the code PPL. Street-level imagery is available for the area, with four images captured on June 10, 2021. These images were created by ezinge and recorded at a compass angle of 340.6728724792. Panoramic photography is not available for this subject.

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Instance of: village
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Smallingerland
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Kerk Noord Jeruël, Houtigehage.JPG

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Houtigehage () is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 905 in January 2017.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1861 as Houtige Hagen, and means "fenced off area with trees". Houtigehage developed as a peat excavation village in the 18th century. Around 1900, it was described as a heath with sod houses. In 1908, a little wooden church is built which was replaced by a stone building in 1938.

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