Hoogmade

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Hoogmade
Location of Hoogmade
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
MunicipalityKaag en Braassem
Population
 (1 January 2001)
1,460
Major roadsA4

Hoogmade is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 7 km east of Leiden, in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem.

Hoogmade was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1855, when it merged with Woubrugge.[1]

On 4 November 2019, the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboorte church was severely damaged by fire.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Pieters, Janene. "Videos: Church burns down in Zuid-Holland village; locals devastated". Netherlands Times. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

Coordinates: 52°10′N 4°35′E / 52.167°N 4.583°E / 52.167; 4.583


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