Venhuizen
Sign in to saveVenhuizen (; ) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland. Venhuizen was a separate municipality until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the existing municipality of Drechterland. It was decided to call the new municipality Drechterland.
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- Locality
- Venhuizen
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 4,310
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Venhuizen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Overzicht voorzijde - Venhuizen - 20379691 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Venhuizen vlag2.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Venhuizen wapen nieuw.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
- Drechterland
- Settlement.elevation_m
- -1.0
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.50
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Venhuizen (; ) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland. Venhuizen was a separate municipality until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the existing municipality of Drechterland. It was decided to call the new municipality Drechterland.
On a map of the Hollands Noorderkwartier from 1288 is Venhuizen mentioned as Veenhusen. The name could refer to houses at or in the fen. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 15th century. The other large church is the Roman Catholic St. Lucaskerk (St. Lucas church), built in 1956. It's also locally called the tough (robust) church (nl: stoere).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Venhuizen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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