Holysloot 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 | |
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Village | |
 Holysloot aan het Holysloter Die | |
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 Holysloot in the municipality of Amsterdam. | |
| Coordinates: 52°25′N 5°2′E / 52.417°N 5.033°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Municipality | Amsterdam |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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]
References
edit- ^ 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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