Holysloot
Village in North Holland, Netherlands
52°25′N 5°2′E / 52.417°N 5.033°E / 52.417; 5.033Holysloot 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 1 May 1817 and 1 January 1818, when it was merged with Ransdorp.[2]
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References
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004 [1] Archived 27 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine: postcode 1028BB to BE.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
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