Hoogezand

Hoogezand is a town in the municipality of , in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the .
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  • Type: Town with 21,800 residents
  • Description: village in Midden-Groningen, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 9601-9603

Places of Interest

Highlights include Damkerk (Hoogezand) and De Boeg.

Church
Photo: Ronn, Public domain.
is a church.

Work of art
Photo: Ronn, Public domain.
is a work of art.

Railway station
Hoogezand-Sappemeer is an unstaffed railway station in Hoogezand in the . It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between and in the province of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kolham and Foxhol.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is part of the municipality of . In 1959, natural gas was discovered at . Later, it was revealed that Groningen gas field was the largest natural gas field in Europe.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is part of the municipality of . In 1842, the potato starch factory Eureka was founded in by Willem Albert Scholten.

Village
is a town in the province of . It is located in the municipality of to the east of Hoogezand. was a separate municipality until 1949, when it merged with Hoogezand. is situated 2½ km east of Hoogezand.

Hoogezand

Latitude
53.16382° or 53° 9′ 50″ north
Longitude
6.75569° or 6° 45′ 21″ east
Population
21,800
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL HZD
Open location code
9F585Q74+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7188616574
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2753706
Wiki­data ID
Q1627411
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Hoogezand” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Hoogezand
  • Bulgarian: Хогезанд
  • Catalan: Hoogezand
  • Cebuano: Hoogezand
  • Chinese: Hoogezand
  • Dutch: Hoogezand
  • Esperanto: Hoogezand
  • French: Hoogezand
  • German: Hoogezand
  • Irish: Hoogezand
  • Japanese: ホーヘザント
  • Lithuanian: Hogezandas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hoogezand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hoogezand
  • Persian: هوخه‌زاند
  • Polish: Hoogezand
  • Russian: Хогезанд
  • Saterfriesisch: Hoogezand
  • Turkish: Hoogezand
  • Ukrainian: Гогезанд
  • Western Frisian: Heechsân
  • Western Frisian: Hegesân
  • Western Frisian: Hoogezand

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Martenshoek and Foxham.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Begraafplaats and Sportcentrum Ron Haans Hoogezand.

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