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Schermerhorn
Sign in to saveSchermerhorn () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alkmaar, and lies about 9 km south of Heerhugowaard.
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Place details
- Locality
- Schermerhorn
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,290
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Schermerhorn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Schermer Molens.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Schermerhorn vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Schermerhorn wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Alkmaar
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0.2
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.30
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Alkmaar
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Commons category
- Schermerhorn
- P12749
- Helianthemum canum
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Schermerhorn () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alkmaar, and lies about 9 km south of Heerhugowaard.
== History == The village was first mentioned in the 14th century as Den Horn, and means "corner (of the dike) in the Schermer (polder)". Schermerhorn developed in the 13th century on the northern corner of the dike surrounding the former island . In 1635, it was connected to the main land and Alkmaar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schermerhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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