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Haren (Groningen)
Encyclopedia
Haren is a municipality
and a town
in the northeastern Netherlands
located in the direct urban area of the City of Groningen.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the northeastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
located in the direct urban area of the City of Groningen.
Population centres
- EssenEssen, NetherlandsEssen is a small village in the municipality Haren in the province Groningen. It lies between the city of Groningen and the village of Haren.In 1215 a monastery was founded in Essen . It existed until 1594. During the Protestant Reformation it was closed down by the province of Groningen. It was...
- GlimmenGlimmenGlimmen is a village that is part of the municipality of Haren, which lies in the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It is 10 kilometres to the city of Groningen and 5 kilometre to Haren. Glimmen has about 1700 inhabitants...
- Haren
- NoordlarenNoordlarenNoordlaren is a small village in the Dutch province of Groningen. In 2010 it was said to be 850 years old. In the past Noordlaren was a farming village. Nowadays there are still a few farmers in Noordlaren, but there are also many people from outside the village, that came to live in Noordlaren,...
- OnnenOnnenOnnen is a village in the municipality Haren, Groningen in the Netherlands. There are some picturesque farms and windmills in the village.Onnen is an esdorp . The Onner ash lies a considerable distance from the actual village .The Groningen – Assen railway lies near Onnen....