Haulerwijk

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Haulerwijk
Haulerwyk
Village
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Haulerwijk Church
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Location in Ooststellingwerf municipality
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Haulerwijk
Location in the Netherlands
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Haulerwijk
Haulerwijk (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°3′55″N6°19′53″E / 53.06528°N 6.33139°E / 53.06528; 6.33139
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Ooststellingwerf flag.svg Ooststellingwerf
Area
[1]
  Total
10.38 km2 (4.01 sq mi)
Elevation
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7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total
3,220
  Density310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Postal code
8433 [1]
Dialing code 0516

Haulerwijk (West Frisian : Haulerwyk) is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. In 2017, it had a population of around 3,300. [3]

The village was first mentioned in 1844 as Haulerwijk, and means "canal of Haule". [4] Haulerwijk started as a peat colony of the Drachtster Company along the Haulerwijkstervaart which was dug 1756. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1852. [5] In 1840, Haulerwijk was home to 69 people. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 8433HA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. Villages Archived 2017-09-28 at the Wayback Machine - Ooststellingwerf Municipality (in Dutch)
  4. "Haulerwijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Haulerwijk" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN   90 400 9476 4 . Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. "Haulerwijk". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 April 2022.