Marken

Marken (; Marken's dialect: Mereke) is a village in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 1,730 as of 2024, and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic wooden houses of Marken are a tourist attraction.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Marken
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
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Settlement.image_caption: Marken in 2015
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Settlement.image_seal: Marken-wapen.svg
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Article · Italiano

Marken (ˈmɑrkə(n); dialetto di Marken: Mereke) è un villaggio di 1.810 abitanti nella municipalità di Waterland nei Paesi Bassi. Marken forma una penisola nel Markermeer e precedentemente un'isola nello . Il prosciugamento dei polder circostanti ha cambiato la morfologia del territorio rendendolo una penisola questo antico villaggio di pescatori. Presenta case di legno conservate perfettamente.

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