Soestduinen

Soestduinen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 3 km south of Soest.

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Locality: Soest
Region: Utrecht
Country: Nederland
Population: 150

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Soestduinen
Settlement.settlement_type: Hamlet
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: File:2013KorteDuinen06.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The dunes covered in snow
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Utrecht#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Utrecht
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Soest
Settlement.elevation_m: 5
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.33
Settlement.population_total: 170
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Soestduinen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 3 km south of Soest.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1936 as Soestduinen, and means the dunes near Soest. The railway station Soestduinen has existed between 1863 and 1998, and was called Soestduinen since 1922. The hamlet has always had place name signs, but since 2009, it reads Soest with Soestduinen underneath to emphasise that it is a hamlet belonging to Soest.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soestduinen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.