Veenhuizen, North Holland

Veenhuizen
Village
Dutch Reformed church
Dutch Reformed church
Coat of arms of Veenhuizen
Coat of arms
Map
Coordinates: 52°42′09″N 4°53′25″E / 52.70250°N 4.89028°E / 52.70250; 4.89028
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
MunicipalityDijk en Waard
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1704[1]
Dialing code072[1]

Veenhuizen (West Frisian: Fenenhúze) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the former municipality of Heerhugowaard, about 6 km northeast of Heerhugowaard itself.

Veenhuizen was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1854, when it was merged with Heerhugowaard.[2]

It is not a statistical entity.[3] and the postal authorities have placed it under Heerhugowaard.[1] It consists of about 160 houses.[4]

Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Dijk en Waard.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Postcode 1704 in Heerhugowaard". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  3. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Veenhuizen (Heerhugowaard)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.


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