Oosthuizen

Oosthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Edam-Volendam, and lies about 8 km north of Purmerend.

For people with the surname, see Oosthuizen (surname).
Oosthuizen
Village
Coat of arms
The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Oosthuizen in the former municipality of Zeevang.
Coordinates: 52°34′15″N 4°59′45″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
MunicipalityEdam-Volendam
Area
 • Total6.76 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total3,224
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1474
Dialing code0299

Oosthuizen was a separate municipality until 1970, when the new municipality of Zeevang was created.[2]

In 2001, the village of Oosthuizen had 2940 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.49 km², and contained 1153 residences.[3] The statistical district "Oosthuizen", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside including the hamlet of Etersheim, has a population of around 3220.[4]

Church in Oosthuizen

Notable people
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gollark: The thing which makes it monady is that you can do `x >>= f`, which in this case takes a `Maybe` x, and if it is `Just a`, passes that `a` to `f`, which then returns another `Maybe`.
gollark: Anyway, ignoring LyricLy, the bee entity: `Maybe` can be `Just x`, representing that it has an x, or `Nothing`, representing that it contains *no* x. You can do `return`/`pure`, which gives you a `Just x` for any `x`.
gollark: Or possibly binary. Something like that.
gollark: Those are different, I think it just means "Unary operator" in APL.

References
  1. Gemeente Zeevang (2009) "Gemeente in cijfers" Gemeentegids Amsterdam: De Telefoongids BV pp. 7.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  3. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  4. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 . As of 1 January 2005.


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