Achttienhoven (South Holland)

Achttienhoven (South Holland)

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caption = The hamlet (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Achttienhoven in the municipality of Nieuwkoop.

Achttienhoven is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nieuwkoop, and lies about 7 km north of Woerden.

The statistical area "Achttienhoven", which also includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 130.CBS Google Earth 2006]

Between 1817 and 1855, Achttienhoven was a separate municipality, sometimes called "Achttienhoven en de Bosch". [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

The nature reserve De Haeck lies northwest of the hamlet.

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