Jaarsveld
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| Coordinates: 51°58′0″N 4°59′0″E / 51.966667°N 4.983333°ECoordinates: 51°58′0″N 4°59′0″E / 51.966667°N 4.983333°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Municipality | Lopik |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 248 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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Jaarsveld is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 7 km southwest of IJsselstein.
In 2001, the town of Jaarsveld had 248 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.07 km², and contained 83 residences.[1] The wider statistical district has about 330 inhabitants.[2]
Jaarsveld used to be a separate municipality, covering a large part of the current municipality of Lopik south of the Lopiker Wetering and Enge IJssel rivers. It merged with the municipality of Lopik in 1943. A large part of the village of Lopik is actually built in the former municipality of Jaarsveld.
During the middleage until the early 20th century Jaarsveld was a vrije en hoge heerlijkheid [3] owned by the van Arkels, Egmonds, Orange-Nassau, van Voorst tot Voorst and de Witts from Dordrecht. As a free a high fief, Jaarsveld was an independent of the provinces Holland or Utrecht, like the larger Barony of IJsselstein to the east.
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Lopik [2].
- ^ Hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, Bd. XVII, 7, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 1748, p. 569 Google Booksearch
[edit] External links
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Jaarsveld". Map of the former municipality in 1868.
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