- Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel (West Frisian: "Hougkarspel") (population estimate: 6800) is a village in the municipality
Drechterland , located in the north west of theNetherlands , in the province ofNorth Holland and the region of West-Frisia.Hoogkarspel was a separate municipality until 1979, when it was merged into the new municipality of
Bangert , which has been renamed to Drechterland in 1980. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]Transportation
There is a railway station - Hoogkarspel - with half hourly connections to Hoorn, Amsterdam and Enkhuizen.
References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/hoogkarspel.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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