- Ter Aar
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The area of Ter Aar is divided into two parts by the small river
De Aar . The western, larger part is namedLangeraar ("Long Aar"), the eastern partKorteraar ("Short Aar"). These are also the names of two villages in the area. In 1788, the former village of Langeraar was destroyed by a flood; a village of that name was rebuilt in the northern part of the area. [ [http://www.radiolot.nl/verzorgingsgebied.php Radiolot ] ]At the former location of Langeraar, the new village of Aardam (] . The current village of Ter Aar is built around these two former villages.
North of Aardam, the hamlet
Papenveer grew around a ferry across the Aar.The municipality Ter Aar existed from 1812 to 2007. In 1817, the small municipality of
Vrijhoeven was split of; it merged again with Ter Aar in 1841. [Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten] In 2004, the municipality covered an area of 21.71 km² (8.38 mile²) of which 2.34 km² (0.90 mile²) was water. Its population was 9,010. Ter Aar was merged into the municipality ofNieuwkoop on January 1, 2007.External links
* [http://www.teraar.nl Official Website]
*http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeenteliemeer-teraar-nieuwkoop/
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/aar.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]References
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