Katwoude
Sign in to saveKatwoude is a village in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 2 km north of Monnickendam.
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Place details
- Locality
- Katwoude
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 305
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Katwoude
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
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- An almost whole wooden square farmhouse near Katwoude - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Katwoude wapen.svg
- Settlement.motto
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- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
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- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Waterland
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Katwoude is a village in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 2 km north of Monnickendam.
The village was first mentioned in 1310 as "lant van Kattwoude". Even though there is a cat in the shield dating from 1566, it is not related to the animal. The name of the village refers to a swamp forest (-woude) that grew on kattige soil. This refers to the poor, lumpy peat soil around Katwoude.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katwoude” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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