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Middelharnis
Sign in to saveMiddelharnis () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee. The town had a population of about 6,800 in 2012. On 1 January 2013, Middelharnis merged with Goedereede, Dirksland, and Oostflakkee into the new municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sommelsdijk
- Region
- Zuid-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 17,554
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Middelharnis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and former municipality
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Image:Meindert Hobbema 001.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Avenue at Middelharnis by Meindert Hobbema, 1689
- Settlement.image_shield
- Middelharnis wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Goeree-Overflakkee
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0.3
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 17.98
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Encyclopedic overview
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Middelharnis () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee. The town had a population of about 6,800 in 2012. On 1 January 2013, Middelharnis merged with Goedereede, Dirksland, and Oostflakkee into the new municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1466 as "die Middelharnisse". The etymology is disputed. Middelharnis developed after a dike was built around the Oudeland polder in 1465. In 1598, a fish auction was built in Middelharnis and it developed into a regional centre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Middelharnis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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