Oosthuizen

Oosthuizen
Oosthuizen
Village
	Coat of arms
	The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Oosthuizen in the former municipality of Zeevang.
	Coordinates: 52°34′15″N 4°59′45″E / 52.57083°N 4.99583°ECoordinates: 52°34′15″N 4°59′45″E / 52.57083°N 4.99583°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Edam-Volendam
Area
• Total	6.76 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	3,224
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1474
Dialing code	0299

Oosthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Edam-Volendam, and lies about 8 km north of Purmerend.

Oosthuizen was a separate municipality until 1970, when the new municipality of Zeevang was created.^[2]

In 2001, the village of Oosthuizen had 2940 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.49 km², and contained 1153 residences.^[3] The statistical district "Oosthuizen", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside including the hamlet of Etersheim, has a population of around 3220.^[4]

Church in Oosthuizen

Notable people[]

Adriaan de Bruin (ca. 1700-1766)

References[]

^ Gemeente Zeevang (2009) "Gemeente in cijfers" Gemeentegids Amsterdam: De Telefoongids BV pp. 7.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 [2]. As of 1 January 2005.

External links[]

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Oosthuizen". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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[Gemeentegids-1] Gemeente Zeevang (2009) "Gemeente in cijfers" Gemeentegids Amsterdam: De Telefoongids BV pp. 7.

[2] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

[CBS-3] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.

[CBS2-4] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 [2]. As of 1 January 2005.

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