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Tuitjenhorn
Sign in to saveTuitjenhorn (West Frisian: Tutinghorn) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen. Tuitjenhorn was the main village of the former Harenkarspel municipality. Tuitjenhorn lies about 9 km northwest of Heerhugowaard.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tuitjenhorn
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 3,880
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tuitjenhorn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Overzicht westgevel toren en noordgevel met lage zijbeuken - Tuitjenhorn - 20405205 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Saint James
- Settlement.motto
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- LocatieHarenkarspel.png
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- Map NL - Harenkarspel - Tuitjenhorn.svg
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Tuitjenhorn in the former municipality of Harenkarspel. -->
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Schagen
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Tuitjenhorn
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Famous Tuitjenhorners
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Tuitjenhorn (West Frisian: Tutinghorn) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen. Tuitjenhorn was the main village of the former Harenkarspel municipality. Tuitjenhorn lies about 9 km northwest of Heerhugowaard.
The village was first mentioned between 1280 and 1287 as "van tutinghehorne". The etymology is unclear. Tuitjenhorn is a dike village. The Catholic St Jacobus de Meerdere Church is a basilica-like church built between 1857 and 1859 and has been built around a tower from 1810.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tuitjenhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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