Houten

Houten is a locality in , and has about 1,340 residents. Houten is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the locality .
  • Type: Locality with 1,340 residents
  • Description: human settlement in the Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 3991-3995

Places of Interest

Highlights include Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten Hemelopneming, Houten and Plein.

Church
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is a church.

Square
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is a square.

Railway station
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Houten is a railway station located in , . The station was opened on 1 November 1868 and is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line which closed on 14 December 2008.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oud-Wulven and Heemstede.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is located just north of the village of , and is part of that municipality.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the central . It is located 3 km west of , . The hamlet is known for Castle. Until 1812, was a separate heerlijkheid. is situated 3 km west of Houten.

Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 15,000 people in the southeast of , the Netherlands. Chief interests of are its surrounding nature, consisting mainly of forests, farmlands and the Kromme Rijn; and the fortresses of the Hollandic Water Line: Fort bij Vechten and Fort bij Rhijnauwen.

Houten

Latitude
52.02833° or 52° 1′ 42″ north
Longitude
5.16806° or 5° 10′ 5″ east
Population
1,340
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL HOU
Open location code
9F4725H9+86
Geo­Names ID
2753557
Wiki­data ID
Q33446293
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Houten” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هاوتن”
  • Armenian: “Հաուտեն”
  • Cebuano: “Houten”
  • Chinese: “豪滕”
  • Dutch: “Houten (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Houten”
  • Japanese: “ハウテン”
  • Korean: “하우턴”
  • Luxembourgish: “Houten”
  • Persian: “هوتن”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаутен”

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