Spaarnwoude

Village in North Holland, Netherlands

Coat of arms

52°24′N 4°42′E / 52.400°N 4.700°E / 52.400; 4.700CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth HollandMunicipalityHaarlemmermeerArea

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• Total0.76 km² (0.29 sq mi)Elevation

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−0.5 m (−1.6 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total100 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

2064^[1]

Dialing code023

Spaarnwoude is a village 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.

Overview

The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Spirnerewalt, and means "forest along the Spaarne river".^[3]

The former Dutch Reformed church dates from 1764, but has a tower from the 13th century. It was decommissioned in 1880, but is still used for cultural activities.^[4]

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.^[5] An IKEA shop is nearby, on the north side. To the east of IKEA is the Veerplas.

Spaarnwoude was home to 443 people in 1840.^[4] It was a separate municipality until 1857, when it merged with Haarlemmerliede.^[6] The resulting municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude was later merged with Haarlemmermeer, in 2019.^[7]

Gallery

The church of Spaarnwoude
Farm in Spaarnwoude

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 2064JZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "Spaarnwoude - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Spaarnwoude". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "halte Haarlem Spaarnwoude". Stationsweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2019" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 1 January 2019.