Holysloot

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Holysloot in the municipality of Amsterdam.

Holysloot (52°25′N, 5°2′E) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 9 km northeast of the city centre. The name Holysloot probably derives from an expression for a "low lying area at a ditch".

Holysloot is a part of the deelgemeente (sub-municipality) Amsterdam-Noord. The village has about 160 inhabitants.[1]

Holysloot was a separate municipality between May 1, 1817 and January 1, 1818, when it was merged with Ransdorp.[2]

Holysloot
Holysloot

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004 [1]: postcode 1028BB to BE.
  2. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [2]
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