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Hogeland

Hogeland or Hoogeland is a region in the north of the province of in the . The borders of the historical Hogeland region are not well-defined, but generally it refers to the parts of the province north of the Reitdiep river and Damsterdiep canal, or simply north of .
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  • Type: village with 455 residents
  • Description: village in Het Hogeland, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Pieterburen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Winsum railway station and De Ster.

Railway station
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Winsum is a railway station located in Winsum, . The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway. The train services are operated by Arriva.

Museum
Photo: Johan van Dijk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Library
Photo: Hardscarf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winsum and Baflo.

Town
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is a town.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of Het Hogeland, . Famous people born in include humanist Rodolphus Agricola and jurist Gezina van der Molen. Until 1990, was a separate municipality. has a .

Village
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is a village in the municipality of Het Hogeland, , . Until the local government reorganization of 1990 the village was the head of the former municipality of Adorp.

Hogeland

Latitude
53.327° or 53° 19′ 37″ north
Longitude
6.518° or 6° 31′ 5″ east
Population
455
Open location code
9F588GG9+Q6
Wiki­data ID
Q2685999
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Satellite Map

Discover Hogeland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Hogeland” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pieterburen”
  • Bulgarian: “Пиетербурен”
  • Catalan: “Pieterburen”
  • Cebuano: “Pieterburen”
  • Chinese: “Pieterburen”
  • Chinese: “彼得比伦”
  • Dutch: “Pieterburen”
  • Esperanto: “Pieterburen”
  • Estonian: “Pieterpad”
  • French: “Pieterburen”
  • German: “Pieterburen”
  • Irish: “Pieterburen”
  • Italian: “Pieterburen”
  • Japanese: “ピーテルブーレン”
  • Limburgan: “Pieterpaad”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pieterburen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pieterburen”
  • Persian: “پیتربورن”
  • Polish: “Pieterburen”
  • Russian: “Питербюрен”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітербюрен”
  • Western Frisian: “Piterbuorren”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hogeland”. Photo: Wutsje, CC BY-SA 3.0.