Hoogkarspel

Hoogkarspel is a village in the municipality , located in the north west of the , in the province of and the region of West-Frisia.
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  • Type: Village with 7,950 residents
  • Description: village in Drechterland, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 1616

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hoogkarspel water tower and Hoogkarspel railway station.

Water tower
Photo: Xennan, CC BY 3.0.
The is a water tower in Hoogkarspel, built in 1930. Its architect is W. Mensert, who worked for PWN at the time. The tower is 49,1 metres tall and has two water reservoirs of 600 and 400 m3, and is an official rijksmonument.

Railway station
Hoogkarspel is a railway station in Hoogkarspel, . The station opened on 6 June 1885 and is located between Hoorn and Enkhuizen. The station is on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oosterwijzend and Westerwijzend.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the municipality of , in the Dutch province of . lays just to the east of where the canal the Wijzend used to bend southwards from Binnenwijzend.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the municipality of , in the Dutch province of . lays just to the west of where the Wijzend canal used to bend southwards from Binnenwijzend.

Village
is a village in the province of , , and is part of the municipality of . Located in the region of West Friesland, the village has a population of just over 2,000 people. Known for the huge carnival parties.

Hoogkarspel

Latitude
52.69443° or 52° 41′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.17658° or 5° 10′ 36″ east
Population
7,950
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL HKP
Open location code
9F47M5VG+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5474915960
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2753691
Wiki­data ID
Q2149594
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Hoogkarspel” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Hoogkarspel
  • Bulgarian: Хогкарспел
  • Catalan: Hoogkarspel
  • Cebuano: Hoogkarspel
  • Chinese: Hoogkarspel
  • Dutch: Hoogkarspel
  • Egyptian Arabic: هوجكارسپيل
  • French: Hoogkarspel
  • German: Hoogkarspel
  • Hungarian: Hoogkarspel
  • Irish: Hoogkarspel
  • Italian: Hoogkarspel
  • Lithuanian: Hogkarspelis
  • Luxembourgish: Hoogkarspel
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hoogkarspel
  • Persian: هوخ‌کارسپل
  • Russian: Хогкарспел
  • Turkish: Hoogkarspel
  • Ukrainian: Гогкарспел
  • Welsh: Hoogkarspel

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