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Het Hogeland

Coordinates: 53°24′49″N 6°40′38″E / 53.41361°N 6.67722°E / 53.41361; 6.67722
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Het Hogeland
Flag of Het Hogeland
Coat of arms of Het Hogeland
Highlighted position of Het Hogeland in a municipal map of Groningen
Location in Groningen
Coordinates: 53°24′49″N 6°40′38″E / 53.41361°N 6.67722°E / 53.41361; 6.67722
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
Established1 January 2019
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorHenk Jan Bolding (CDA)
Area
 • Total907.63 km2 (350.44 sq mi)
 • Land485.72 km2 (187.54 sq mi)
 • Water421.91 km2 (162.90 sq mi)
Population
 (July 2019)
 • Total47,861
Websitehethogeland.nl

Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.

History

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The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum.

Geography

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Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Het Hogeland, April 2019

Het Hogeland is located around 53°25′N 6°41′E / 53.417°N 6.683°E / 53.417; 6.683 in the north of the province of Groningen and in the northeast of the Netherlands.

The population centers in the municipality are: Broek, Eemshaven, Eenrum, Ellerhuizen, Eppenhuizen, Hornhuizen, Houwerzijl, Kantens, Kleine Huisjes, Kloosterburen, Kruisweg, Lauwersoog, Leens, Mensingeweer, Molenrij, Niekerk, Noordwolde, Oldenzijl, Onderdendam, Oosteinde, Oosternieland, Oudeschip, Pieterburen, Roodeschool, Rottum, Schouwerzijl, Startenhuizen, Stitswerd, Uithuizen, Uithuizermeeden, Ulrum, Usquert, Vierhuizen, Warfhuizen, Warffum, Wehe-den Hoorn, Westerdijkshorn, Westernieland, Zandeweer, Zoutkamp, Zuidwolde and Zuurdijk.

Government

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Henk Jan Bolding of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) is mayor of Het Hogeland.

Transport

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The Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway connects the railway stations at Warffum, Usquert, Uithuizen, Uithuizermeeden and Roodeschool to Groningen railway station and the rest of the Dutch railway network.

Notable people

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Public thinking & public service

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Wigbolt Ripperda

The arts

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Freek de Jonge, 2010
  • Hermanus Numan (1744 in Ezinge – 1820) painter, draftsman, pastellist, etcher, engraver, watercolorist, art theorist and publisher
  • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882 in Leens – 1945) experimental Dutch artist, typographer and printer
  • Frits Peutz (1896 in Uithuizen – 1974) architect
  • Seth Gaaikema (1939 in Uithuizen – 2014) cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist
  • Ede Staal (1941 in Warffum – 1986) Dutch singer-songwriter, sang mainly in Gronings dialect
  • Freek de Jonge (born 1944 in Westernieland) Dutch cabaret performer and writer[1]

Sport

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References

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  1. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 10 August 2019
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