Twisk

Twisk
Twisk
	The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Twisk in the municipality of Noorder-Koggenland.
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Municipality	Medemblik
Population	ca. 320

52°44′N 5°3′E / 52.733°N 5.050°E / 52.733; 5.050

Twisk is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 10 km north of Hoorn.

Twisk was a separate municipality until 1979, when the new municipality of Noorder-Koggenland was created.^[1]

In 2001, the small village centre of Twisk had 398 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.07 km², and contained 159 residences.^[2] Most of the population of Twisk lives outside the centre, along the road between Opperdoes and Abbekerk. The wider statistical area of Twisk has a population of around 1160.^[3] This includes the hamlet Het Westeinde, close to Opperdoes.

References

^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Noorder-Koggenland [2].

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External links

Template:Kuyper Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

[CBS-2] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.

[CBS2-3] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Noorder-Koggenland [2].

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