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Twisk
Sign in to saveTwisk is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 10 km north of Hoorn.
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Place details
- Locality
- Twisk
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,115
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Twisk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Op een mooie prille voorjaarsdag op de Dorpsweg in Twisk..JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street view
- 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
- Medemblik
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0.1
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.67
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,090
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Twisk is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 10 km north of Hoorn.
== History == It was first mentioned between 1243 and 1245 as Twisc, and means "between/on the border". It may relate to the name of a stream. Twisk developed in the 11th century as a peat excavation settlement on the stream ridge from Abbekerk to Medemblik. The parcels of land are not a straight angle to the main road, therefore many houses and farms are built at an angle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Twisk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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