Twisk

Twisk

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Twisk (coord|52|44|N|5|3|E|type:city(398)) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Noorder-Koggenland, and lies about 10 km north of Hoorn.

Twisk was a separate municipality until 1979, when the new municipality of Noorder-Koggenland was created. [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 small village centre of Twisk had 398 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.07 km², and contained 159 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.] Most of the population of Twisk lives outside the centre, along the road between Opperdoes and Abbekerk. The wider statistical area of Twisk has a population of around 1160.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Noorder-Koggenland" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/nederland-regionaal/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/gemeente-op-maat/2004/alfabet/N/2004-noorder-koggenland.htm] .] This includes the hamlet Het Westeinde, close to Opperdoes.

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External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/twisk.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]


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