- Harmelen
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caption = Harmelen in the municipality of Woerden.Harmelen (coord|52|5|N|4|58|E|type:city(6557)) is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of
Woerden , and lies about 6 km east of Woerden.In 2001, the town of Harmelen had 6557 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.11 km², and contained 2481 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.] Harmelen is on the railway line between Utrecht and Woerden; its train station was opened on
21 May 1855 and closed on15 May 1936 Stationsweb.nl [http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/station.asp?station=harmelen] ] . In 1962, two passenger trains collided near Harmelen. TheHarmelen train disaster , resulting in 93 fatalities, was the largest train accident in Dutch history.The village used to be a separate municipality, until it merged with Woerden in 2001. Before the merger the municipality of harmelen had about 8000 inhabitants.
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* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ut/harmelen.html Map of Harmelen in 1868]
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