- Hoogwoud
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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Hoogwoud in the municipality of Opmeer.Hoogwoud (West Frisian: "Hougwoud") (coord|52|43|N|4|56|E|type:city(3170)) is a town in the Dutch province of
North Holland . It is a part of the municipality ofOpmeer , and lies about 9 km northeast ofHeerhugowaard .Hoogwoud received city rights in
1414 . It was a separate municipality until 1979, when it was merged withOpmeer . [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 town of Hoogwoud had 3170 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.92 km², and contained 1226 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001"] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Hoogwoud", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 3350.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/nh/hoogwoud.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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