Veenhuizen
Village
Dutch Reformed church
Dutch Reformed church
Coat of arms of Veenhuizen
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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Veenhuizen (Heerhugowaard)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 April 2022.


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