Spaarnwoude

Spaarnwoude is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of Haarlem.

Spaarnwoude
Spaarnwoude village
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The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Spaarnwoude in the former municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude.
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNoord-Holland
MunicipalityHaarlemmermeer

The statistical area "Spaarnwoude", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 200.[1]

North of Spaarnwoude lies the Spaarnwoude recreation area, which is located in the municipalities of Velsen and Haarlemmermeer.

There is a railway station, Haarlem Spaarnwoude, which lies southwest of the village. An IKEA shop is nearby, on the north side. To the east of IKEA is the Veerplas.

Spaarnwoude was a separate municipality until 1857, when it merged with Haarlemmerliede.[2] The resulting municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude was later merged with Haarlemmermeer, in 2019.[3]

The church of Spaarnwoude

See also

References
  1. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of 1 January 2005.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
  3. "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2019" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 1 January 2019.


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