- Groet
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caption = The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Groet in the municipality of Bergen (NH.).Groet (coord|52|43|N|4|40|E|type:city(1486)) is a village in the Dutch province of
North Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 11 km northwest ofAlkmaar .Groet was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1834, when it was merged with
Schoorl . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the village of Groet had 1486 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.3 km², and contained 589 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.] The wider statistical area of Groet has a population of around 1720.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bergen (NH.)" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/B/2004-bergen_nh.htm] .] This includes the neighbouring village of
Hargen .References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/stoutenburg.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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